# Darling Ventures

> Darling Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Software and Mobile. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 16%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/darling-ventures-llc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/DarlingVC
- Website: http://www.DarlingVentures.com

Darling Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Mobile. Darling Ventures is your partner from Day 1.We lead pre-seed rounds of software businesses, investing throughout North America with first checks up to $750K. Then we get to work on your successful go-to-market.Our firm partners before others muster up their conviction. We make concentrated investments and seek to be the most active andthoughtful investor throughout your Seed phase as your startup finds its footing. We’ve specialized our post-investment support to developing your effective go-to-market strategy. From defining value proposition to the right business model and pitch collateral, we spend the time and deploy our bench of GTM operators to make your market entry a success.While doing so, we value strong integrity, humility and those who hold themselves up to their own highest standards.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 30% |
| Mobile | 6 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 16% |
| Health Care | 5 | 14% |
| Machine Learning | 5 | 14% |

61 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 54% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 19% |
| Series A | 4 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |
| Series C | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 24 | 65% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pascal Unger | Managing Partner | 42 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pascal-unger |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Prescient AI | 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. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 15, 2023 |  |
| Zurp | Zurp is a fintech platform built for superfans. Instead of a traditional reward program, Zurp offers exclusive experiences with cardholders' favorite influencers. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Jan 24, 2023 |  |
| Arkive | Arkive is building the people’s museum: a collection of art and culture curated by a global community of members and displayed around the world. | $9.7M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Geminus AI | Geminus.AI provides reimaging industrial process design with artificial intelligence. | $7.4M | Seed | Jun 27, 2022 |  |
| Geminus AI | Geminus.AI provides reimaging industrial process design with artificial intelligence. | $7.4M | Seed | Jun 27, 2022 |  |
| CryptoLeague | CryptoLeague™, a Miami-based web3 tech company, is empowering web3 investing communities with the tools to accelerate their financial freedom. CryptoLeague is pioneering a new category in investing platforms, by harnessing the wisdom of the crowds in community investing. The founders of CryptoLeague believe that crypto and NFT investing is acommunity sport, which should be social, accessible, self-governing, competitive, and ultimately rewarding. CryptoLeague is unleashing the power of collaboration and access to quality knowledge in a first-of-its-kind platform; all aimed at generating life-changing investment returns. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| Kintsugi | Kintsugi is developing novel voice biomarker software to detect signs of depression and anxiety from short clips of free form speech. Awarded multiple distinctions for AI technology and recently named one of Forbes’ Top 50 AI companies to watch in 2022, Kintsugi helps to close mental health care gaps across risk-bearing health systems, ultimatelysaving time and lives. | $20M | Series A | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| Stark | Stark is a startup that lets designers of other buildings with design software run their files through an integrated tool that checks it and provides color edits and other suggestions to help them meet guidelines for people who see less well. | $6M | Seed | Feb 12, 2022 |  |
| CatalyzeX | Productivity tools for machine learning R&D | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 22, 2021 |  |
| Orgspace | Orgspace provides a people management platform for software organizations to meet the needs of operational leaders. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 22, 2021 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [focal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/focal-4f67) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
- [Eniac Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eniac-ventures) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [MetaProp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metaprop-nyc) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [The Hive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-hive-palo-alto-california) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [March Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/march-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Basecamp Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basecamp-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Darling Ventures invest in?

Darling Ventures invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Darling Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Darling Ventures?

The team at Darling Ventures includes Pascal Unger (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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