Operating Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Active Partner Companies by Segment

The Company’s active partner companies by segment were as follows as of June 30, 2015:

Healthcare
Partner Company	Safeguard Primary Ownership as of June 30, 2015	Accounting Method
AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	40.1%	Equity
Aventura, Inc.	19.9%	Equity
Good Start Genetics, Inc.	29.8%	Equity
InfoBionic, Inc.	27.8%	Equity
Medivo, Inc.	34.5%	Equity
meQuilibrium, Inc.	31.5%	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 June 30, 2015	Accounting Method
AppFirst, Inc.	34.2%	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.	39.3%	Equity
Full Measure Education, Inc.	25.4%	Equity
Hoopla Software, Inc.	25.6%	Equity
InsideVault, Inc.	24.5%	Equity
Lumesis, Inc.	45.3%	Equity
MediaMath, Inc.	20.7%	Equity
Pneuron Corporation	35.4%	Equity
Sonobi, Inc.	22.6%	Equity
Spongecell, Inc.	23.0%	Equity
Transactis, Inc.	24.6%	Equity
WebLinc, Inc.	29.2%	Equity

Segment Data from Operations

	Three months ended June 30, 2015
	Healthcare			Technology			Total Segments			Other Items			Total
	(Unaudited - In thousands)
Operating loss	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(4,754	)	$	(4,754	)
Other income (loss), net	(72		)	—			(72		)	57			(15		)
Interest income	—			—			—			640			640
Equity loss	(13,063		)	(606		)	(13,669		)	(96		)	(13,765		)
Net loss	(13,135		)	(606		)	(13,741		)	(5,281		)	(19,022		)
Segment Assets:
June 30, 2015	60,571			107,675			168,246			117,372			285,618
December 31, 2014	62,292			88,408			150,700			167,754			318,454

	Three months ended June 30, 2014
	Healthcare			Technology		Total Segments			Other Items			Total
	(Unaudited - In thousands)
Operating loss	$	—		$	—	$	—		$	(5,069	)	$	(5,069	)
Other income, net	1,452			—		1,452			—			1,452
Interest income	—			—		—			542			542
Equity income (loss)	(4,547		)	1,586		(2,961		)	(214		)	(3,175		)
Net income (loss)	(3,095		)	1,586		(1,509		)	(5,839		)	(7,348		)

	Six months ended June 30, 2015
	Healthcare			Technology			Total Segments			Other Items			Total
	(Unaudited - In thousands)
Operating loss	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(9,634	)	$	(9,634	)
Other loss, net	(311		)	—			(311		)	(92		)	(403		)
Interest income	—			—			—			1,089			1,089
Equity income (loss)	(17,105		)	(5,378		)	(22,483		)	56			(22,427		)
Net loss	(17,416		)	(5,378		)	(22,794		)	(10,831		)	(33,625		)

	Six months ended June 30, 2014
	Healthcare		Technology			Total Segments		Other Items			Total
	(Unaudited - In thousands)
Operating loss	$	—	$	—		$	—	$	(10,308	)	$	(10,308	)
Other income (loss), net	31,831		—			31,831		(5		)	31,826
Interest income	—		—			—		1,012			1,012
Equity income (loss)	6,075		(1,999		)	4,076		(443		)	3,633
Net income (loss)	37,906		(1,999		)	35,907		(11,936		)	23,971