Operating Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Active Partner Companies by Segment

The Company’s active partner companies by segment were as follows as of June 30, 2016:

Healthcare
Partner Company	Safeguard Primary Ownership as of June 30, 2016	Accounting Method
AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	40.1%	Equity
Aktana, Inc.	23.4%	Equity
Aventura, Inc.	19.9%	Equity
Good Start Genetics, Inc.	29.6%	Equity
InfoBionic, Inc.	40.5%	Equity
Medivo, Inc.	34.5%	Equity
meQuilibrium	31.5%	Equity
NovaSom, Inc.	31.7%	Equity
Propeller Health, Inc.	24.5%	Equity
Syapse, Inc.	29.2%	Equity
Trice Medical, Inc.	27.7%	Equity
Zipnosis, Inc.	26.2%	Equity

Technology
Partner Company	Safeguard Primary Ownership as of June 30, 2016	Accounting Method
Apprenda, Inc.	29.5%	Equity
Beyond.com, Inc.	38.2%	Equity
Cask Data, Inc.	34.2%	Equity
CloudMine, Inc.	30.1%	Equity
Clutch Holdings, Inc.	38.5%	Equity
Full Measure Education, Inc.	36.0%	Equity
Hoopla Software, Inc.	25.6%	Equity
Lumesis, Inc.	44.2%	Equity
MediaMath, Inc.	20.5%	Equity
Pneuron Corporation	35.4%	Equity
QuanticMind, Inc.	23.6%	Equity
Sonobi, Inc.	22.6%	Equity
Spongecell, Inc.	23.0%	Equity
Transactis, Inc.	24.2%	Equity
WebLinc, Inc.	38.0%	Equity

Segment Data from Operations

	Three months ended June 30, 2016
	Healthcare		Technology			Total Segments		Other Items			Total
	(Unaudited - In thousands)
Operating loss	$	—	$	—		$	—	$	(4,849	)	$	(4,849	)
Other income (loss), net	—		424			424		235			659
Equity income (loss)	48,184		(4,101		)	44,083		(289		)	43,794
Net income (loss)	48,184		(3,677		)	44,507		(5,531		)	38,976
Segment Assets:
June 30, 2016	56,236		117,622			173,858		101,811			275,669
December 31, 2015	53,332		119,442			172,774		84,069			256,843

	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		)
Equity loss	(13,063		)	(606		)	(13,669		)	(96		)	(13,765		)
Net loss	(13,135		)	(606		)	(13,741		)	(5,281		)	(19,022		)

	Six months ended June 30, 2016
	Healthcare			Technology			Total Segments			Other Items			Total
	(Unaudited - In thousands)
Operating loss	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(10,077	)	$	(10,077	)
Other income (loss), net	—			424			424			235			659
Equity income (loss)	43,188			(8,601		)	34,587			(288		)	34,299
Net income (loss)	43,188			(8,177		)	35,011			(11,487		)	23,524
	Six months ended June 30, 2015
	Healthcare			Technology			Total Segments			Other Items			Total
	(Unaudited - In thousands)
Operating loss	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(9,634	)	$	(9,634	)
Other income (loss), net	(311		)	—			(311		)	(92		)	(403		)
Equity income (loss)	(17,105		)	(5,378		)	(22,483		)	56			(22,427		)
Net loss	(17,416		)	(5,378		)	(22,794		)	(10,831		)	(33,625		)