Safeguard Scientifics Inc. (NYSE:SFE), located outside Philadelphia, is a private equity and venture capital firm that came on the scene in 1953 and now invests in growth-stage and early-stage technology-based companies involved in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data analytics and the "Internet of Everything." With a current stable of over 30 companies, SFE has a market capitalization of about $250 million. Among SFE's companies are Good Start Genetics, InfoBionic, Propeller Health, Transactis and Trice Medical. President and CEO Stephen Zarrilli was SFE's chief financial officer before taking the top job in 2012.
