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What does Safeguard Scientifics invest in?
Safeguard Scientifics invests most often at Series B and Series A (66% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Telehealth, Health-tech and Wellness.
Safeguard Scientifics highlights
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85 rounds on record
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Mostly Series B and Series A: 66% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 21 rounds, median $6.0M
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17 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $2.0M – $15M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- TelehealthHealth-techWellness
- Based in
- Radnor, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. Tell us the right one.
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first85 appearances
- 2023
1 round
- May
- 2017
4 rounds
- Nov
- Jun
- May
- Mar
- 2016
6 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Jul
- Jun
- 2015
11 rounds
- Nov
- Aug
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- 2014
9 rounds
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Feb
- 2013
8 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- Aug
- Aug
- Jun
- Mar
- Feb
- Jan
- 2012
5 rounds
- Dec
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
We hold 15 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed17 in all
DriveFactorBought by CCC Information Services$22MMay 2015
Crescendo BioscienceBought by Myriad Genetics$270MFeb 2014
AlverixBought by Becton Dickinson$40MJan 2014
ThingWorxBought by Parametric Technology (PTC)$112MDec 2013
NuPatheBought by Endo Health Solutions$105MDec 2013
Swaptree Inc.Bought by NetCyclerUndisclosedSept 2012
Portico SystemsBought by McKessonUndisclosedJun 2011
Advanced BioHealingBought by Shire$750MMay 2011
Avid RadiopharmaceuticalsBought by Eli Lilly$800MNov 2010
NuPatheListedUndisclosedAug 2010
AuthentiumBought by CYREN$8.0MJul 2010
TengionListedUndisclosedApr 2010
AcsisBought by Saints CapitalUndisclosedMay 2008
NextPoint NetworksBought by Saints CapitalUndisclosedMay 2008
MantasBought by i-flex SolutionsUndisclosedOct 2006
RedSirenBought by GetronicsUndisclosedMar 2005
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
Acsis$26MDec 2005