Daniel Darling
Managing Partner @ focal
San Francisco, United States
Daniel Darling is a pre-seed investor at focal in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. San Francisco based entrepreneur, investor and optimist. Founder of Darling Ventures, a seed stage venture capital firm looking to be the first backer of founders at the frontier of technology innovation. Passionate about bridging Silicon Valley with the world.Background expertise: Business Strategy | Capital Planning | Product DevelopmentRoadmaps | Go-to-Market | International Expansion | International Investing
- Total investments:
- 62
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Daniel Darling invests in
Stages Daniel Darling invests in
Countries Daniel Darling invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 12 (19%)
- Artificial Intelligence 8 (13%)
- SaaS 7 (11%)
- FinTech 5 (8%)
- Health Care 5 (8%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 28 (45%)
- Seed 18 (29%)
- Series A 3 (5%)
- Funding Round 1 (2%)
- Initial Coin Offering 1 (2%)
Country
- United States 28 (45%)
- Canada 3 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| On Me is a software company that develops digital gift cards to leverage hobbies and interests to strengthen relationships. | $6M / Seed / Dec 11, 2025 | ||
| Coworker.ai is an AI platform designed to automate tasks and streamline workflows within businesses. It integrates with over 40 enterprise applications, eliminating the need for custom coding. The platform focuses on providing context-aware assistance, enabling it to answer questions, plan, and execute tasks. | $13M / Seed / May 20, 2025 | ||
| HIPAA-compliant workflow automation platform. | $7.5M / Seed / Feb 12, 2025 | ||
| Kaiden AI provides immersive, voice-driven simulation training designed for law enforcement and public safety professionals. Through realistic, customizable scenarios, officers build confidence and refine critical skills like communication, decision-making, and de-escalation. The platform adapts in real time to user responses, delivering actionablefeedback to enhance preparedness for high-pressure situations. Trusted by police academies and agencies, Kaiden AI aligns with local protocols to ensure relevance and effectiveness. Learn more about how we’re redefining training for today’s challenges. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Jan 21, 2025 | ||
| On Me is a software company that develops digital gift cards to leverage hobbies and interests to strengthen relationships. | $1.7M / Pre-Seed / Nov 01, 2024 | ||
| HIPAA-compliant workflow automation platform. | $3M / Pre-Seed / Jun 04, 2024 | ||
| Pump provides cloud cost optimization by pooling commitments across companies, enabling startups to access discounted rates on AWS, GCP, Azure, and other cloud providers without long-term contracts. It reallocates unused resources, applies savings automatically, and operates with limited billing permissions, without access to code or data. | $4M / Seed / Apr 05, 2024 | ||
| Thoras.ai is an AI cloud management platform..It helps to detection, monitor performance, and manage costs. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Prescient is your premier state-of-the-art automation software that provides transparency and precise data insights for marketers and digital DTC brands alike. With the onset of a major shift toward a privacy-first internet, Prescient is the answer to fueling a brand’s success. Our tech helps you measure, forecast, optimize, and continuouslybacktest your marketing funnels with such meticulous accuracy that it saves you the two most important things in business: time and money.We know that the e-commerce space is changing and the internet is evolving. We’re here to set a new tone for the future of tech: predicted profitability. What if you could predict the success of your campaigns with such accuracy that you know your profit margins before advertising your product? Now, what if you could do that while maintaining the privacy of your customers? This is Prescient, and we’re changing the game with novel AI.We are rebuilding a sense of “trust in tech” through transparency in our partnerships and the software that we use every day in business. Have no fear — Prescient has your back, and together, we’re optimizing your business for long-term profitability. | $10M / Series A / Mar 12, 2024 | ||
| Gleam automates data entry from any source to any EDC. Built for research sites. | Pre-Seed / Apr 15, 2023 | ||
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Co-Investors
About focal
True 0 to 1 specialists, laser focused on helping you cut through Seed and get to Series A and beyond with velocity.
focal Contacts
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Pascal Unger
Managing Partner
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Sydney Wasikowski
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What does Daniel Darling invest in?
Daniel Darling invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 62 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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