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Ex-VC Jen Phan lands $15M for Passionfroot: Is Anthropic’s backer funding AI’s distribution layer?

Jen Phan, a former early-stage investor at btov Partners, has raised $15 million for her startup Passionfroot, with backing from Anthropic's investor btov Partners, to build what she describes as AI's distribution layer.

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Before starting Passionfroot, Jen Phan worked for years as an early-stage investor at btov Partners, a European VC…

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techfundingnews.com — original article Berlin’s telli raises $15M seed to put AI agents in charge of customer ops, backed by redalpine, Cherry, and YC Arrakis raises $38M from Blossom and Accel, with Datadog CEO and OpenAI exec joining the round Twin sisters from Princeton and Goldman Sachs raise $44M at $1.15B valuation for wellness unicorn Genius AI
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