PE/VC  Safeguard Scientifics

http://www.safeguard.com





     Office Locations:

150 N. Radnor Chester Road, Suite F-200
Radnor, PA 19087
Phone: 610-293-0600
Fax: 610-293-0601

 

Stages:

  • Early
  • Expansion
  • Growth
  • Middle Market


 

Industries:

  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Media & Digital Media
  • Medical Device

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    Description:

    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.



    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
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    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
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Eric C. Salzman Chief Executive Officer
    G. Matthew Barnard General Counsel and Secretary
    Mark Herndon Senior VP and CFO
    Steven Grenfell CPA Senior Advisor

     

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