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Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.(SFE)

Description: Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in expansion financings, growth capital, management buyouts, recapitalizations, industry consolidations, corporate spinouts, growth stage, and early stage financings. The firm prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the technology and life sciences sectors. Within the technology sector, it invests in software as a service, enterprise 3.0, technology enabled services, internet/new media, financial services information technology, medtech, healthcare information technology and selected business services with capital requirements of up to $25 million. Within the life sciences sector, the firm invests in molecular and point-of-care diagnostics, medical devices, regenerative medicine, and specialty pharmaceuticals, and selected healthcare services. It invests throughout United States and Southeastern Canada. The firm primarily invests between $10 million and $25 million in growth equity financing and between $5 million and $10 million in early-stage financing. It typically invests in the capital structures including owner financed and bootstrapped companies, corporate division or business unit, and venture capital-backed seeking a growth partner. The firm prefers to be the largest shareholder in its portfolio companies, with ownership in the range of five percent to 50 percent. However, it may occasionally take a majority or smaller stake in its portfolio companies. It prefers to invest in companies having proprietary technology and intellectual property. The firm prefers to take a Board seat in its portfolio companies. It was formerly known as Lancaster Corporation. Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. was founded in 1953 and is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania with an additional office in Weston, Massachusetts.


Keywords: Pharmaceutical Venture Capital Software As A Service Healthcare Service Regenerative Medicine Private Equity Firms Proprietary Technology Capital Structure Medtech Healthcare Information Lancaster Healthcare Information Technology

Home Page: www.safeguard.com

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150 North Radnor Chester Road
Radnor, PA 19087
United States
Phone: 610-293-0600


Officers

Name Title
Mr. Eric C. Salzman Chief Exec. Officer
Mr. Mark A. Herndon CPA Sr. VP & CFO
Mr. G. Matthew Barnard Gen. Counsel, Sec. & Compliance Officer
Ms. Alex A. Fuiks Associate
Mr. Seth Zuckerman Sr. Associate of Healthcare

Exchange: NASDAQ

Country: US

Currency: US Dollar ($)

Forward PE: 0
Trailing PE: 21.0714
Price-to-Book MRQ: 1.229
Price-to-Sales TTM: 0
IPO Date: 1987-12-30
Fiscal Year End: December
Full Time Employees: 0
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