# Eight Roads (slim)

> Eight Roads's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Monospace Inc. (Directus), MoEngage and Spendesk SAS, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eight-roads/index.md (~650 tokens) · this version ~530 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eight-roads/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eight-roads/
- 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)

Venture firm.

Website: https://eightroads.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Monospace Inc. (Directus)**
  - [Directus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.md), graded B, 67.2/100
  - Source: https://directus.com/about
- **MoEngage**, Series C, 2020, through Eight Roads Venture Partners
  - [MoEngage](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/moengage.md), graded B, 65.3/100
  - Source: https://www.moengage.com/about-us/
- **Spendesk SAS**, Series C, July 2021, Series C extension, January 2022, through Eight Roads Ventures
  - [Spendesk API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spendesk.md), graded B, 62.3/100
  - Source: https://www.spendesk.com/blog/series-c-funding/

## Where they invest

- CMS & website publishing, 1
- Lifecycle marketing & customer engagement, 1
- Spend management & procurement, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Benjamin Haynes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/benjamin-haynes/), Monospace Inc. (Directus)
- [Rijk van Zanten](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rijk-van-zanten/), Monospace Inc. (Directus)
- [Raviteja Dodda](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/raviteja-dodda/), MoEngage
- [Yashwanth Kumar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yashwanth-kumar/), MoEngage

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Eight Roads invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Monospace Inc.

### How are Eight Roads's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Directus (B, 67.2), MoEngage (B, 65.3) and Spendesk API + MCP (B, 62.3).

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.