May 2011 Beam One, LLC, an investment in KI's portfolio, was acquired by the British firm Synergy Health, a public company. The acquisition allows the company to operate as Synergy's U.S. subsidiary, capitalizing customer-driven growth of Beam One's electron-beam sterilization systems across the country and in the Caribbean. Three new facilities are planned for the next year. All employees were retained by the new parent corporation, with a 20% hiring growth rate envisioned for the next year.
May 2011 Based on a successful first site, Southern California Wine Storage is expanding into Del Mar and Palm Desert, providing wine collectors with certified climate-controlled secure storage for their collections. Services include expert support by highly experienced founders. KI led the financing round.
March 2009 KI has purchased an equity position from a founding member of Beam One LLC. KI's CEO has served as a director of Beam One for two years prior to the investment. Beam One provides electron beam sterilization services for medical device, therapeutic and tissue bank customers across the U.S. and in Costa Rica.
December 2009 Ridge Diagnostics, Inc., (formerly Precision Human Biolaboratories, Inc.) is a neurodiagnostic company commercializing a first in class, proprietary blood test for Major Depressive Disorder, has announced its selection as one of three finalists in the diagnostics and medical device category in CONNECT’s Most Innovative New Products Award program.
August 2007 KI Investment Holdings, LLC, a private investment company headquartered in San Diego, announced today that it led and closed a $1.0 million seed round financing of start-up biotech company Precision Human Biolaboratory, Inc. (PHB). Joined by two angel investors, KI has provided PHB with financing to fund the company’s continued research towards commercializing its proprietary diagnostic assays. PHB has developed the first blood test to diagnose the “major depressive disorder”, or MDD. There are over 20 million new patients with depression each year in the United States.
March 2006 KI Investment Holdings, LLC, has made a major investment in a local enterprise, SABIA, Inc. Sabia created a new generation of PGNAA (prompt gamma neutron activation analysis) element analyzers for the mining and power industries.