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 $10 million in early-stage financing. It typically invests in the capital structures including owner financed and bootstrapped companies, corporate division or business unit, and venture capital-backed seeking a growth partner. The firm prefers to be the largest shareholder in its portfolio companies, with ownership in the range of five percent to 50 percent. However, it may occasionally take a majority or smaller stake in its portfolio companies. It prefers to invest in companies having proprietary technology and intellectual property. The firm prefers to take a Board seat in its portfolio companies. It was formerly known as Lancaster Corporation. Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. was founded in 1953 and is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania with an additional office in Weston, Massachusetts.
Home Page: www.safeguard.com
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150 North Radnor Chester Road
Radnor,
PA
19087
United States
Phone:
610-293-0600
Officers
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mr. Eric C. Salzman | Chief Exec. Officer |
| Mr. Mark A. Herndon CPA | Sr. VP & CFO |
| Mr. G. Matthew Barnard | Gen. Counsel, Sec. & Compliance Officer |
| Ms. Alex A. Fuiks | Associate |
| Mr. Seth Zuckerman | Sr. Associate of Healthcare |
Exchange: NASDAQ
Country: US
Currency: US Dollar ($)
| GIC Sector: | Financials |
|---|---|
| GIC Group: | Diversified Financials |
| GIC Industry: | Capital Markets |
| GIC Sub-Industry: | Asset Management & Custody Banks |
| 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 |