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Finbarr Taylor

Finbarr Taylor

Visiting Partner at YC

Founder

Shogun· Winter 2018 San Francisco Bay Area

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @finbarr

2026Visiting Partner· Y Combinator

Founder · since 2015

Company

Y Combinator

Role

Visiting Partner

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

San Francisco, CA

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Shogun

Shogun empowers brands to create exceptional ecommerce experience.

Experience

Career

Y Combinator
Visiting Partner · San Francisco, CA · 2026 – Present
2026
Self-employed
Angel Investor · 2020 – Present
2020
Angel Investor
2020 – Present
2020
Shogun
Founder
Founder & Board Director · 2015 – Present
2015
Shogun
CTO · 2025
2025
Shogun
CTO · Silicon Valley, California, United States · 2023 – 2024
2023
Shogun
CEO · Silicon Valley, California, United States · 2015 – 2023
2015
Shogun
CTO · Silicon Valley, California, United States · 2015
2015
Y Combinator
Software Engineer · San Francisco · 2016 – 2017
2016
Pebble Tech
Software Contractor · Palo Alto · 2015
2015
Giveit100
CTO · San Mateo, CA · 2013 – 2014
2013
Pebble Tech
Software Contractor · Palo Alto, CA · 2013 – 2014
2013
Exec, Inc.
Senior Backend Engineer · San Francisco · 2012 – 2013
2012
Groupon
Member of Technical Staff · Palo Alto, CA · 2011 – 2012
2011
Finbarr Taylor
Web Developer · 2007 – 2011
2007
Videoplaza
Systems Developer · 2010
2010
University of Strathclyde
Researcher · 2008
2008
Abbey
Business banking advisor · 2007
2007

Bio

Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. Former CEO & CTO at Shogun (YC W18). Former Software Engineer at Y Combinator. Scottish in California.