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Pascal Unger

Founder of The GTM Circle

Miami, Florida

Overview 

Pascal Unger is the Managing Partner at focal, specializing in leading Pre-Seed rounds for companies in sectors like Digital Health, FinTech, and AI. With a background in management consulting at top firms like The Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company, he has successfully invested in and advised numerous startups, including Thoras.ai and Prescient AI.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2020 - Current

    We lead pre-seed rounds with checks up to $750K. Backing founders solving a hard problem with software in a space they understand deeply. We like to get involved as early as the ideation phase of a startup and write initial checks up to $750K, focusing our investing on backing strong product teams (with at least one technical co-founder) across the US and Canada. Thereafter, we get to work to help you get to Series A & beyond with velocity. Reach out at hello@focal.vc - there's no "too early" for us

Your pre-seed lead: We thrive where others say “too early”, backing you from the start with up to $750K

  • Founder

    2023

    Invite-only network of today's top Seed through Series D startup GTM leaders

  • Board Observer

    2022

    Fueling (automated) profitability, like the cookies never left.

Predictive automation platform based on confidence in forecasted CAC, ROAS, and other profitability-based KPIs across the DTC industry.

Raised $16,700,000.00 from Blumberg Capital, Headline, focal and CEAS Investments.

  • Board Observer

    2022

    Supercharging accessibility for software teams.

Stark is a tool uses by the designers and developers for software products to be accessible and compliant.

Raised $8,000,000.00 from Jason Warner, Micha Hernandez van Leuffen, Paul Veugen, Justin Overdorff, focal, Basecamp Fund, Holly Habstritt, Uncork Capital, Indicator Ventures and Kleiner Perkins.

  • Board Observer

    2021

    Find your next investment.

Moneymade is an online investment platform.

Raised $2,750,000.00 from Flatiron Investors, Four Acres Capital, Alumni Ventures, Alpaca VC and focal.

  • Principal & Investor

    2019 - 2020

    We lead pre-seed rounds in software startups across North America.

  • Project Leader

    2015 - 2019

    Worked with some of the world's largest tech companies as a core member and part of the leadership of BCG's technology practice on the US West Coast. Functional focus on Sales / Go-To-Market and Post-Merger Integrations.

  • Consultant

    2013 - 2015

    Worked with many of Switzerland's / Europe's leading Wealth Management and Private Banking players as a core member of BCG's Financial Institutions practice.

BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.

  • Intern

    2011 - 2011

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