Founder of a listed tool
Rijk van Zanten
Co-founder and CTO, named behind the Directus listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Rijk builds
Directus B · 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.
Co-founder and CTO, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Benjamin Haynes Founder and CEO
Backed by
Handshake Ventures True Ventures F-Prime Capital Eight Roads Preston-Werner Ventures
Questions
Who is Rijk van Zanten?
Rijk van Zanten is co-founder and CTO of Directus, the open-source data platform. Benjamin Haynes says he partnered with van Zanten when van Zanten set out to modernise the Directus framework as part of his master's programme work.
What does Monospace Inc. (Directus) make?
Anchor Terminal lists Directus from Monospace Inc. (Directus). 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.
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 Rijk'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.
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