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Office Locations:
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150 N. Radnor Chester Road, Suite F-200
Radnor, PA 19087
Phone: 610-293-0600
Fax: 610-293-0601
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- Early
- Expansion
- Growth
- Middle Market
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Financial Services
Information Technology
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Media & Digital Media
Medical Device
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Founded in 1953, Safeguard (NYSE: SFE) is a holding company that provides growth capital for entrepreneurial and innovative life sciences and technology companies. Safeguard targets life sciences companies in Molecular and Point-of-Care Diagnostics, Medical Devices, Regenerative Medicine, Specialty Pharmaceuticals and selected healthcare services; and technology companies in Internet / New Media, Financial Services IT, Healthcare IT and selected business services with capital requirements of up to $25 million. Safeguard targets initial capital deployments between $5M and $25M, and follow-on financings between $5M and $10, with the total size to not exceed $25M. Safeguard participates in expansion financings, corporate spin-outs, management buyouts, recapitalizations, industry consolidations and early-stage financings. Safeguard's current management team has deployed more than $315 million of capital in its partner companies since 2006. In addition, the team has built additional value in and realized approximately $643 million in exit transactions involving current and legacy partner companies and private-equity holdings that represented transactions undertaken by Safeguards current and previous management teams. The firm's percentage of ownership is in the range of 20% to 50% with board representation.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage (includes "pre-seed," or concept stage) | No Revenue |
Early Stage | Minimal Revenue |
Growth Stage (also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage (also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
Private Equity | |
Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
Large Cap | >$1B |
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