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Finbarr Taylor

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Founder/CEO at Shogun

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedShogun · YC

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About

Finbarr Taylor previously worked as CEO and CTO at Shogun, a Y Combinator W18 company, and as a software engineer at Y Combinator. He is currently a visiting partner at Y Combinator.

Founder/CEO at ShogunYC W18

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YC

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Shogun's investors · 6

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2021Amplify PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checks · since 2020Initialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2021Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2021VMG PartnersSan Francisco · since 2021Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018

Co-founders at Shogun

NRNick Raushenbush
Nick RaushenbushFounder

Experience

  1. Y CombinatorVisiting Partnercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Self-employedAngel Investorcurrent2020 — present
  3. ShogunFounder & Board Directorcurrent2015 — present
  4. ShogunCTO2025
  5. ShogunCTO2023 — 2024Silicon Valley, California, United States
  6. ShogunCEO2015 — 2023Silicon Valley, California, United States
  7. ShogunCTO2015Silicon Valley, California, United States
  8. Y CombinatorSoftware Engineer2016 — 2017San Francisco
  9. Pebble TechSoftware Contractor2015Palo Alto
  10. Giveit100CTO2013 — 2014San Mateo, CA
  11. Pebble TechSoftware Contractor2013 — 2014Palo Alto, CA
  12. Exec, Inc.Senior Backend Engineer2012 — 2013San Francisco
  13. GrouponMember of Technical Staff2011 — 2012Palo Alto, CA
  14. Finbarr TaylorWeb Developer2007 — 2011
  15. VideoplazaSystems Developer2010
  16. University of StrathclydeResearcher2008
  17. AbbeyBusiness banking advisor2007

Skills & more

Ruby2Java3Ruby on Rails18Git2jQuery1Node.jsMySQLLinuxDrupalRESTPHPJavaScript13
+12 moreCSSHTMLSubversionAJAXXHTMLSQLHibernateOpen SourceRSpecHAMLGWTWeb Development

Languages English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Finbarr Taylor?
Finbarr Taylor previously worked as CEO and CTO at Shogun, a Y Combinator W18 company, and as a software engineer at Y Combinator. He is currently a visiting partner at Y Combinator.
Where does Finbarr Taylor work?
Finbarr Taylor is Founder/CEO of Shogun.
What companies did Finbarr Taylor found?
Finbarr Taylor founded Shogun.
Where did Finbarr Taylor go to school?
Finbarr Taylor studied at University of Strathclyde (Master of Engineering with distinction, Computer Science).

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