Putting Growth Capital to Work in Philadelphia
On average, Safeguard Scientifics evaluates more than a thousand business plans each year—that’s 20 business plans per week. Last year, we chose to partner with…
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Week in Review: Facebook and Other Venture-Backed IPOs Grab Headlines
The big news today is the Facebook IPO. The company that famously started in a Harvard dorm room set three records at IPO, including the…
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Week in Review: Healthcare Mobile Apps Catch VCs’ Attention
The convergence of technology and healthcare attracted significant new attention last year, according to research from Dow Jones VentureSource. In 2011, VCs poured $439 million…
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Week in Review: The Role of CIO in Enterprise 3.0, Medivo Goes Mobile, and Alverix Adds Key Patents
Readers of this blog are well aware that entrepreneurship is one of our key themes—from our partner company CEO Q&A Series to our book recommendations…
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Week in Review: CVCs Add to Investments and Big Data Gains the Spotlight
The latest report from MoneyTree and the National Venture Capital Association shows that corporate venture capitalists (CVCs) increased investments over the past three years. In…
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Week in Review: IPO Madness and New Partner Company Spongecell
The past two weeks were brought to you by the letters IPO. From Facebook’s well-documented filing to this week’s IPO price cuts, a flurry of…
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January 31, 2012
Q&A: Russ Fadel, CEO, ThingWorx – “Hooked on Entrepreneurship”
Welcome to the inaugural blog post for Safeguard Scientifics’ Q&A Series, featuring our partner company CEOs! We believe that our blog is a perfect medium…
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Week in Review: Venture Investment Grew 22% YoY; Alverix and The Doctors; Beyond.com Among Future 50; MediaMath on FoxBusiness
Last year was a strong year for venture capital, according to the MoneyTree report issued by the National Venture Capital Association. Investments grew 22 percent…
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Week in Review: What Happened in Vegas? CES Gave PixelOptics Rave Reviews!
The J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference wasn’t the only event on our radar this week. The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s largest consumer…
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