Building a listed tool
Phil Freo
VP Product & Engineering, named behind the Close API + MCP listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Phil builds
Close API + MCP B · CRM & customer platforms
REST API and hosted MCP server for Close, a sales CRM built around calling, email and SMS.
VP Product & Engineering, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Anthony Nemitz Co-founder; Member of Technical Staff per LinkedIn
- Steli Efti Co-founder and CEO
- Thomas Steinacher Co-founder and Principal Engineer, R&D
Backed by
Michael Birch SV Angel Spark Capital David Tisch
Questions
Who is Phil Freo?
Phil Freo is VP Product & Engineering.
What does Close make?
Anchor Terminal lists Close API + MCP from Close. REST API and hosted MCP server for Close, a sales CRM built around calling, email and SMS.
Who has invested in Close?
The sources our research read name Michael Birch, SV Angel, Spark Capital and David Tisch.
How are Phil's tools graded?
Close API + MCP is graded B, 66.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (13)
- https://www.close.com/about
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/steliefti/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/steliefti/
- https://x.com/Steli
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonynemitz/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonynemitz/
- https://close.com/author/thomas-steinacher
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/philfreo/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/philfreo/
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/close
- https://help.close.com/welcome-to-close-help
- https://close.com/
- https://help.close.com/
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