Social Media IPOs—A Trend to Alter VC Investment?
I was reading an article by the San Jose Mercury News’ Patrick May recently, titled “IPOs by LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and others could alter venture…
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The Internet of Things Making Headlines
Last week, we announced that we provided $5 million in a Series B financing for ThingWorx, a disruptive technology that revolutionizes how people, systems and…
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Bubble Bubble, Toil and Trouble – or Not?
In the wake of bursting housing and financial bubbles, it is little wonder why there is widespread speculation throughout the venture capital and private equity…
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Third Quarter 2010 Trends in Venture Capital
According to the latest MoneyTree survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, venture capital investing in the third quarter of 2010 was…
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AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, Bridgevine, and Portico Systems named to Inc. 5000 List
Inc. recently issued its prestigious list of America’s fastest growing private companies (Inc. 5000) and we are proud to announce that three of our partner…
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Strong Diversification Strategy Can Thwart Grim VC Numbers
The data from Thomson Reuters/NVCA on venture capital investing over the past 10 years has sparked an onslaught of debate and media coverage highlighting the…
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Swap Movement Comes of Age
First there was e-commerce, then online auctions, and then online classifieds for buying and selling used items. Now there’s an increasing demand for online trading,…
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A Conversation with TechnicallyPhilly’s Sean Blanda
Last week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by TechnicallyPhilly’s Sean Blanda for the publication’s, “Friday Q&A” segment. Sean and I talked about a…
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Fox Business Feature on Swaptree
Jeff Bennett, newly appointed CEO at Safeguard Scientifics’ technology partner company Swaptree, was recently featured on FOX Business to talk about the “swap movement.” Jeff…
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