{"slug": "ex-vc-jen-phan-lands-15m-for-passionfroot-is-anthropics-backer-funding-ais-layer", "title": "Ex-VC Jen Phan lands $15M for Passionfroot: Is Anthropic’s backer funding AI’s distribution layer?", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "Before starting Passionfroot, Jen Phan worked for years as an early-stage investor at btov Partners, a European VC…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ex-vc-jen-phan-lands-15m-for-passionfroot-is-anthropics-backer-funding-ais-layer", "canonical_source": "https://techfundingnews.com/passionfroot-raises-15m-jen-phan-new-york-us-expansion/", "published_at": "2026-07-23 06:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 06:24:09.303729+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-startups", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Jen Phan", "Passionfroot", "btov Partners", "Anthropic"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ex-vc-jen-phan-lands-15m-for-passionfroot-is-anthropics-backer-funding-ais-layer", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ex-vc-jen-phan-lands-15m-for-passionfroot-is-anthropics-backer-funding-ais-layer.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ex-vc-jen-phan-lands-15m-for-passionfroot-is-anthropics-backer-funding-ais-layer.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ex-vc-jen-phan-lands-15m-for-passionfroot-is-anthropics-backer-funding-ais-layer.jsonld"}}