# Crankstart (slim)

> Crankstart's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Duffel, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crankstart/index.md (~500 tokens) · this version ~380 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crankstart/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crankstart/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Investor.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Duffel**, Seed, August 2018, through The Crankstart Foundation
  - [Duffel Flights and Stays API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/duffel.md), graded B, 66.8/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/31/yc-backed-travel-startup-duffel-inks-4-7m-round-led-by-blossom-capital-but-stays-coy-on-the-details/

## Where they invest

- Travel & booking, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Steve Domin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steve-domin/), Duffel
- [Tom Bates](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tom-bates/), Duffel
- [Vincent Pastor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vincent-pastor/), Duffel

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Crankstart invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Duffel backed by Crankstart.

### How are Crankstart's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Duffel Flights and Stays API (B, 66.8).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.