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Finbarr Taylor

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Angel Investor at Self-employed
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Finbarr Taylor is a Scottish software engineer turned Silicon Valley founder and angel investor. He co-founded the e-commerce platform Shogun, scaling it to an 8-figure ARR. A graduate of the University of Strathclyde, he previously built internal tools at Y Combinator. People who have worked with him describe him as an "exceptionally talented software engineer" and an "ideas generator".

Outside of his professional life, Finbarr is an avid outdoorsman currently on a personal mission to visit every US National Park. He balances his love for the outdoors with his passion for technology and helping other founders succeed.

He won the Charles Babbage Prize for his thesis project on using tactile feedback for predictive text entry.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Angel Investor
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Founder Mentorship
As an angel investor, he is committed to mentoring founders through fundraising, strategy, and the general challenges of startup life, leveraging his own experiences.
E-commerce Technology
Co-founded and led Shogun, an e-commerce storefront optimization startup, for nearly a decade. He has deep expertise in building tools that help merchants grow.
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Career

Work history

Angel Investor
Self-employed
1-2015
Founder & Board Director
Shogun
1-2025 - 9-2025
CTO
Shogun
8-2023 - 8-2024
CTO
Shogun
2-2016 - 6-2017
Software Engineer
Y Combinator
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Education
2006 - 2011
Master of Engineering with distinction
University of Strathclyde
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