Week in Review: Strong First Quarter for IPOs, JOBS Act Becomes Law
The first quarter of 2012 has come and gone, leaving positive signs for venture capitalists. Twenty venture-backed start-ups made their IPO in the past three…
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Week in Review: Technology and Healthcare Convergence Seeds New Partnerships
The same technologies driving Enterprise 3.0 have also been revolutionizing health management. This convergence of technology and healthcare has built up momentum recently through new…
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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: 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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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: Convergence between Life Sciences and Technology and A Look at New Partner Company Medivo
The convergence between life sciences and technology cannot be ignored. That’s why at Safeguard Scientifics, we consolidated of our life sciences and technology deal teams.…
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Opportunity in the Migraine Market for NuPathe
Ninety percent of migraine sufferers experience nausea, while 60 percent experience vomiting because of their migraine. As a result, today’s most common migraine treatments that…
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Week in Review: Venture Capital Growth and MediaMath on the Talent Gap
According to a report published by Cambridge Associates LLC, private equity and venture capital funds in the U.S. continued to generate positive returns for their…
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Recap: Safeguard Scientifics Investor Day 2011
Earlier this week we held our Fifth Annual Investor Day 2011 where investors and analysts heard presentations from Safeguard executives and highlighted partner companies on…
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