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Caryn Marooney

Caryn Marooney

General Partner·Coatue

San Francisco Bay Area

Bio

Professional summary

Caryn Marooney is a technology investor and operator-adjacent executive at Coatue. Before investing, she built a long career in strategic communications, including leadership of global communications for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus, and earlier co-founding The OutCast Agency, a Silicon Valley communications firm. Public company and media profiles also connect her to board roles at Elastic and Zendesk. Coatue has named her as the General Partner who led its ClickHouse investment and as a board observer, suggesting a current focus on high-quality software and data infrastructure businesses. Outreach relevance is strongest where the founder narrative, category creation, communications strategy, or scaling an enterprise technology company are central.

Investment focus

Stage, sector, and overall fit

Stage

growthlate-stageselect venture

Sector

enterprise softwareAIdata infrastructuredeveloper toolscommunications-led technology companies

Thesis

Technology companies, with evidence around enterprise software, data infrastructure, and AI-adjacent platformsCompanies where narrative, category creation, and communications strategy matter

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

ClickHouseElasticZendeskSupabaseAbacus.AI

How to approach

Framing and angles for outreach

Pitch framing

Emphasize a crisp founder narrative, category-defining market, and how the product becomes a durable platform in enterprise software or AI/data infrastructure.

Personalization hooks

  1. 1Reference her communications and category-building background if the company is shaping a new market narrative.
  2. 2Mention relevance to data infrastructure or analytics if comparable to Coatue’s ClickHouse thesis.

Recent signals

What the partner has said or done recently

  • Coatue publicly named Caryn Marooney as the General Partner who led its ClickHouse investment and serves as a board observer.

  • Public executive-profile sources list continuing board activity, including Elastic and Supabase.

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Coatue ManagementGeneral PartnerCurrent
  • Facebook / MetaVP CommunicationsPrior to Coatue
  • The OutCast AgencyCo-FounderPrior

Education

  • Cornell UniversityB.A.

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