EXHIBIT 99.2

    CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I
Christopher J. Davis, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.       The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) of the
         Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (15 U.S.C. 78m(a)); and

2.       The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         the Company.

                                                SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS, INC.



Date: April 23, 2003                            /s/ Christopher J. Davis
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                                                Christopher J. Davis
                                                Chief Financial Officer