Safeguard Scientifics
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How Philly can grow the next generation of leading biotech startups
A conversation with investor Gary Kurtzman.
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Safeguard Scientifics CEO and CFO to depart amidst staff cuts
The management team departures follow cuts affecting half of Safeguard’s staff earlier this year.
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Safeguard Scientifics is making staff cuts to save up to $6M and halting investment in new companies (Updated)
The cutbacks at Safeguard come at a time when exits have slowed for the suburban Philadelphia investment firm.
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Philadelphia as a laboratory for healthcare innovation: A conversation with Gary Kurtzman of Safeguard Scientifics
In his role as senior VP and managing director of Safeguard Scientifics, a venture capital firm based just outside Philadelphia, Gary Kurtzman leads the firm’s healthcare investments. So he’s perhaps a bit biased when he says that Philadelphia is the “center of the healthcare universe,” as he did in a 2016 interview.
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A $6M fund will support early stage digital health startups in Philly region
Safeguard Scientifics, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and the parent company of Independence Blue Cross will invest $50,000 to $1 million in early stage companies.
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Health IT investors share lessons learned from early investments
Investors from Safeguard Scientifics, Oak HC/FT, .406 Ventures and Comcast Ventures share their insights.
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Startup facilitating data flow between payers providers raises $5.5M
Moxe Health, which is hoping to provide clinical insight to payers and claims information, among other data points, to providers, has raised money in a Series A funding round.
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Trayt Health Seeks to Increase Access to Diagnoses and Treatments
CEO Malekeh Amini explains how Trayt Health can bridge the gap for patients seeking neurological care.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Startups
No catheter, no cuff: FDA clears Sotera Wireless’ continuous noninvasive blood pressure technology
No more catheter, no more cuff for monitoring patient vital signs? Sotera Wireless announced the […]
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VCs say a coachable entrepreneur, strong IP make convergence worth investing in
Everyone was talking about breaking down silos of data, making apps that really work, and […]
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Electronic lens medical device company poised for national expansion
A medical device company producing electronically adjusted optical lenses is poised for national expansion, Safeguard’s […]
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Developer of digital respiratory test sees scope for other diseases
The developer of a digital medical device that tests for different respiratory illnesses, such as […]
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NuPathe to resubmit migraine patch for approval in 2012
NuPathe (NASDAQ: PATH) said it will resubmit a new drug application for its transdermal migraine […]
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Safeguard Scientifics: Health IT could grow to one-quarter of investments
UPDATE: Safeguard Scientifics has recalculated that health IT could grow to one-quarter of its investments. […]