# Benjamin Haynes (slim)

> Benjamin Haynes is founder and CEO. Directus on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Founder and CEO.

Benjamin Haynes is founder and CEO of Directus, the open-source data platform.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/contactbenhaynes

## What Benjamin builds

- [Directus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.md), graded B, 67.2/100, in CMS & website publishing. Directus is a source-available headless CMS and data platform that runs on an SQL database, self-hosted or on a paid cloud. Agents manage items, files and the data model through REST, GraphQL and a built-in MCP server. Founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Rijk van Zanten](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rijk-van-zanten/), Co-founder and CTO

## Backed by

- [Handshake Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/handshake-ventures/)
- [True Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/true-ventures/)
- [F-Prime Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/f-prime-capital/)
- [Eight Roads](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eight-roads/)
- [Preston-Werner Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/preston-werner-ventures/)

## Questions

### Who is Benjamin Haynes?

Benjamin Haynes is founder and CEO of Directus, the open-source data platform.

### What does Monospace Inc. (Directus) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Directus from Monospace Inc.

### Who has invested in Monospace Inc. (Directus)?

The sources our research read name Handshake Ventures, True Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Eight Roads and Preston-Werner Ventures.

### How are Benjamin's tools graded?

Directus is graded B, 67.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://directus.com/about
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/contactbenhaynes
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rijkvanzanten
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/directus-io/
- https://directus.com
- https://directus.com/support
- https://directus.com/contact
- https://directus.com/docs

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.