Daniel Darling

Co-founder & GP @ focal | We lead your first round

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 3 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2018𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Feb 2018
Securing the world, one app at a time! Developers of the HackGuard product line. App-Centric Focus: We focus 100% on keeping your important App secure, everywhere it runs, at all times, on every device. Blazing Speed: Protect your favorite apps in just seconds, or protect your entire worldwide installed base in just minutes! Advanced Security: Comprehensive protection of your App's executable code against all existing and emerging attack vectors, including Zero-Day attacks. . Powerful Yet Simple: App publishers of all sizes can easily and safely add powerful anti-hacking protection to their Apps.
Board Observer
May 2017
**Qlik has acquired Kyndi - follow us @Qlik** Kyndi is a global provider of the Kyndi Platform for the Natural-Language-Enabled Enterprise, an AI-powered solution that empowers people to do their most meaningful work. Trusted by the world’s most innovative organizations, Kyndi’s platform delivers highly relevant and context-driven information at unprecedented speed, keeping humans at the heart of critical problem solving. Backed by prominent venture investors including Intel Capital and PivotNorth, Kyndi was recently awarded the North America Entrepreneurial Company of the Year by leading research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, and was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Customers include government agencies and enterprises across manufacturing, media, and hi-tech industries.
Board Member
Jul 2016
Human is a group of Pacific Northwest designers and engineers bridging the gap between humanity and technology.
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Mentor (Deep Tech & Digital)
Sep 2020
The Endless Frontier Labs (EFL) is a nine-month, goal-oriented mentorship program at NYU Stern School of Business designed for early-stage science and technology startups worldwide (no NYU affiliation required). EFL helps transform breakthrough scientific and technological innovations into high-impact businesses. Participating startups receive mentorship from an elite network of successful entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, and scientists, drawn from New York and beyond. EFL is a unique, “founders first” program and does not charge fees or take equity in startups, and participating startups are drawn from all over the world.
2018
Board Member
Feb 2018
Securing the world, one app at a time! Developers of the HackGuard product line. App-Centric Focus: We focus 100% on keeping your important App secure, everywhere it runs, at all times, on every device. Blazing Speed: Protect your favorite apps in just seconds, or protect your entire worldwide installed base in just minutes! Advanced Security: Comprehensive protection of your App's executable code against all existing and emerging attack vectors, including Zero-Day attacks. . Powerful Yet Simple: App publishers of all sizes can easily and safely add powerful anti-hacking protection to their Apps.
2017
Board Observer
May 2017
**Qlik has acquired Kyndi - follow us @Qlik** Kyndi is a global provider of the Kyndi Platform for the Natural-Language-Enabled Enterprise, an AI-powered solution that empowers people to do their most meaningful work. Trusted by the world’s most innovative organizations, Kyndi’s platform delivers highly relevant and context-driven information at unprecedented speed, keeping humans at the heart of critical problem solving. Backed by prominent venture investors including Intel Capital and PivotNorth, Kyndi was recently awarded the North America Entrepreneurial Company of the Year by leading research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, and was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Customers include government agencies and enterprises across manufacturing, media, and hi-tech industries.
2016
Board Member
Jul 2016
Human is a group of Pacific Northwest designers and engineers bridging the gap between humanity and technology.
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