KIC Ventures is a physician-founded, physician-led private equity healthtech firm focused exclusively on transforming spine surgery. The vision began in 2000, when Harvard-trained orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. Kingsley R. Chin conceived his first spine patent during his training at Harvard Medical School. KIC was formally established in 2005, and in 2013 KIC Ventures was launched as its dedicated healthtech investment arm. For more than two decades, we have built with conviction — investing over $100 million of founder capital, raising more than $30 million from aligned investors, and completing more than 10 strategic M&A transactions to scale revenue-generating spine technology companies. We navigated the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID era while continuing to innovate and grow. From the beginning, we pioneered Less Exposure Spine Surgery (LESS™) and the REP™ philosophy — Restore Function, Early Diagnosis and Treatment, Preserve Anatomy and Motion. Our work challenged rigid inpatient fusion and accelerated the transition toward motion-preserving outpatient solutions grounded in direct visualization and tissue preservation. We closely studied one of the most important transformations in modern medicine: the rise of interventional cardiology. Cardiologists redefined heart care by moving from open surgery to catheter-based, image-guided interventions — enabling earlier treatment, preserving anatomy, reducing recovery time, and expanding access. We believe spine care is undergoing the same evolution. Today, we are advancing Interventional Spine Surgery — integrating the precision of minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) with the percutaneous discipline of interventional pain management to create a structured, standardized, and outcomes-driven specialty built for the ambulatory setting. Our portfolio reflects this strategy: AxioMed — viscoelastic disc replacement technology designed to restore physiologic motion NanoFuse Biologics — FDA-cleared synthetic bone graft solutions supporting biologic integration NANISX — the most comprehensive technology and training platform dedicated to outpatient Interventional Spine Surgery Through NANISX, we bridge the spine care continuum — connecting interventional pain physicians and spine surgeons through standardized training, ASC-based execution, peer-reviewed research, and collaboration with leading spine societies. Spine surgery is not standing still. And neither are we.