News shared with Impact Entrepreneur by Nathalie Molina Niño of Known Holdings

Mission Driven Finance (MDF) and Known Holdings have formalized a long-term partnership to help fund managers and businesses build the infrastructure they need to grow. The two impact asset managers announced it on October 9. The partnership began at the start of 2026, the firms say, and they have since worked together on several client engagements, from early-stage fund design to readying investment strategies for larger pools of capital.

The work runs first through Built, Fund as a Service, a fund-operator platform developed by Known and offered as a partnership of the two firms. Built helps a team test its strategy and choose a structure, then sets up the legal, accounting, tax, audit, regulatory and reporting systems a fund needs to operate. Once the fund is raising and deploying capital, Built keeps it ready for investor diligence. It also supports structures outside venture capital, among them debt and credit strategies, revenue-based and royalty financing, hybrid and thematic funds, and syndicates that grow into broader platforms.

Both firms argue that many businesses, real estate projects and fund managers already show results but stay subscale for lack of that infrastructure, even as investor appetite for them grows.

“There are exceptional managers, advisors, and service providers, but many of them are still operating as stand-alone businesses,” said Ushir Shah, Co-Founder, CFO and CTO of Known Holdings. “We think the next chapter of the industry will be shaped by organizations that can bring capabilities together under one roof.”

For MDF, success means “more capital reaching people who are already building solutions, whether that’s expanding child care, supporting employee ownership, financing small businesses, or investing in the long-term strength of local economies,” said Lauren Grattan, Co-Founder of MDF. The firms plan to widen the collaboration beyond Built and say further initiatives will be announced in the coming months.

Sources: Mission Driven Finance and Known Holdings’ joint announcement of October 9, 2026, distributed by EIN Presswire, and the Built, Fund as a Service website. Image courtesy of Mission Driven Finance and Known Holdings.

Disclosure: Nathalie Molina Niño, Co-Founder and President of Known Holdings, serves on Impact Entrepreneur’s Advisory Board.