Pascal Unger

Managing Partner & Co-founder, focal · 4 appearances on the record.

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Pascal Unger co-founded focal (formerly Darling Ventures), an early-stage venture capital firm leading pre-seed rounds for software and AI startups. Prior to venture capital, he advised major tech and finance corporations on go-to-market and M&A at Boston Consulting Group.

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Unger: Outcome-focused AI businesses will out-invest software-only competitors

“I'm bullish on AI for professional services, but I'm also bullish on what I said as a thesis, right, to sell the outcome, not the software, because the more revenue you can generate as a company, the more you can invest in growth, and I think that's, unless yo…”

Pascal Unger May 15, 2024 ▶ 22:25 $1.5M on the Line! Raising Venture Capital for the Future of Podcast Automation Software!

Opinion

Unger: Image generation is commoditizing too rapidly for startups to succeed

“And I'm a bit skeptical in the image generation space as a whole. I do worry about that there's just way too much happening and that it gets commoditized too quickly for them to get off the ground in a meaningful way.”

Pascal Unger May 1, 2024 ▶ 19:41 Startup Funding Competition: Will VCs Invest in AI-Powered Fashion Models Disrupting E-Commerce?

Insight

Unger: 98% automated service businesses can achieve software-level margins

“If you can sell a service and under the hood it's 98% automated, you can actually sell a service at the margin of a software business.”

Pascal Unger May 15, 2024 ▶ 11:40 $1.5M on the Line! Raising Venture Capital for the Future of Podcast Automation Software!

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"Burnt Out Engineers Rejoice! AI-Driven Cloud Scaling & Anomaly Detection Saves the Day!" Jun 12, 2024 · 3 mentions · from 26:59
Bridgei's $1.5M Deal: Transforming Emergency Communication? Sep 18, 2024 · 1 mention · from 25:30
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Appearances (4)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
"70% of Mexican SMBs Fail Due to Cash Flow: Can FinTech in Latin America Save Them?"	Jun 26, 2024	1m
$1.5M on the Line! Raising Venture Capital for the Future of Podcast Automation Software!	May 15, 2024	2m
Startup Funding Competition: Will VCs Invest in AI-Powered Fashion Models Disrupting E-Com	May 1, 2024	2m
Women-Led Startup Funding: Will Investors Bet on This $5M Bootstrapped Feminine Hygiene Br	Apr 17, 2024	59s

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