Nathalie Molina Niño of Known Holdings and Lauren Grattan of Mission Driven Finance (“MDF”) speak to Aparna Rae at Forbes about the now-formalized, long-term partnership between their firms. Together, they’re shifting the fund playbook, working with partners to design funds built on ownership, not extraction. “Our corner of finance is full of brilliant small firms each going it alone, and we’d rather pool what we’ve each built so the builders we serve get more of it,” says Molina Niño.
By combining Known’s fund infrastructure platform with MDF’s lending track record, they are creating an infrastructure powerhouse that deploys capital in six- and seven-figure checks, the exact middle where mainstream finance refuses to tread.