Knowledge Unlatched

Overview

• Industrypublishing¹
• HeadquartersBerlin¹
• Websitewww.knowledgeunlatched.org
• Legal formcommunity interest company, Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung¹
• Slogan“Open Access made simple”¹

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Knowledge Unlatched (KU) is an Open Access service provider. It offers a crowdfunding model to support a variety of Open Access book and journal content packages as well as the financial funding of partnerships.²

Corporate structure

Knowledge Unlatched sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Knowledge Unlatched reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

• Open Research Library

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.¹

The story

Founded by Frances Pinter on Sep 2012.¹

Leadership

Who has led Knowledge Unlatched, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderFrances Pinter 2012¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

• Annual Reviews since 2025

Also owns

• Open Research Library

Former owners and parents

• Wiley Dec 2021 to 2025

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

1. 2025Acquired Acquired by Annual Reviews¹
2. Dec 2021Acquired Acquired by Wiley¹
3. Sep 2012Founded Founded¹

Links

• Websitewww.knowledgeunlatched.org¹
• X (Twitter)x.com/KUnlatched¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/KnowledgeUnlatched¹
• YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCcGu9Po-JRJ0vtb4buTVivg¹
• LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-unlatched¹
• WikipediaKnowledge Unlatched
• More imagesWikimedia Commons
• WikidataQ16989244