# Handshake Ventures (slim)

> Handshake Ventures's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Monospace Inc. (Directus), with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/handshake-ventures/index.md (~450 tokens) · this version ~330 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/handshake-ventures/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/handshake-ventures/
- 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
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Venture firm.

## 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

## Where they invest

- CMS & website publishing, 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)

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Handshake Ventures invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Monospace Inc.

### How are Handshake Ventures's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Directus (B, 67.2).

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.