Operating Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Active Partner Companies by Segment

The Company’s active partner companies by segment were as follows as of March 31, 2015:

Healthcare
Partner Company	Safeguard Primary Ownership as of March 31, 2015	Accounting Method
AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	40.1%	Equity
Aventura, Inc.	19.9%	Equity
Dabo Health, Inc.	15.3%	Cost
Good Start Genetics, Inc.	29.8%	Equity
InfoBionic, Inc.	27.8%	Equity
Medivo, Inc.	34.5%	Equity
NovaSom, Inc.	31.7%	Equity
Propeller Health, Inc.	24.6%	Equity
Putney, Inc.	28.3%	Equity
Quantia, Inc.	42.3%	Equity
Syapse, Inc.	27.0%	Equity
Trice Medical, Inc.	27.7%	Equity

Technology
Partner Company	Safeguard Primary Ownership as of March 31, 2015	Accounting Method
AppFirst, Inc.	34.3%	Equity
Apprenda, Inc.	21.4%	Equity
Beyond.com, Inc.	38.2%	Equity
Bridgevine, Inc.	17.2%	Cost
CloudMine, Inc.	30.1%	Equity
Clutch Holdings, Inc.	29.6%	Equity
DriveFactor, Inc.	40.6%	Equity
Full Measure Education, Inc.	25.4%	Equity
Hoopla Software, Inc.	25.6%	Equity
Lumesis, Inc.	45.3%	Equity
MediaMath, Inc.	20.7%	Equity
Pneuron Corporation	27.6%	Equity
Spongecell, Inc.	23.0%	Equity
Transactis, Inc.	24.8%	Equity
WebLinc, Inc.	29.2%	Equity

Segment Data from Operations

	Three months ended March 31, 2015
	Healthcare			Technology			Total Segments			Other Items			Total
	(Unaudited - In thousands)
Operating loss	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(4,880	)	$	(4,880	)
Other loss, net	(239		)	—			(239		)	(149		)	(388		)
Interest income	—			—			—			449			449
Equity income (loss)	(4,042		)	(4,772		)	(8,814		)	152			(8,662		)
Net loss	(4,281		)	(4,772		)	(9,053		)	(5,550		)	(14,603		)
Segment Assets:
March 31, 2015	65,804			96,269			162,073			141,365			303,438
December 31, 2014	62,292			88,408			150,700			167,754			318,454

	Three months ended March 31, 2014
	Healthcare		Technology			Total Segments		Other Items			Total
	(Unaudited - In thousands)
Operating loss	$	—	$	—		$	—	$	(5,239	)	$	(5,239	)
Other income (loss), net	30,379		—			30,379		(5		)	30,374
Interest income	—		—			—		470			470
Equity income (loss)	10,622		(3,585		)	7,037		(229		)	6,808
Net income (loss)	41,001		(3,585		)	37,416		(6,097		)	31,319