Safeguard Scientifics third quarter aggregate revenue of partner companies increases 73% to $

Beyond.com, Inc. is the largest network of niche career communities, providing access to thousands of top-tier industry and local websites in the U.S. and Canada. The Beyond.com Network of websites accounts for more than 12.5 million resumes and powers portals for some of the Internet's best-known and well-established career brands and media publishers. Subsequent to the third quarter, Beyond.com announced its acquisition of Orbius, a powerful social website platform that allows businesses to create and govern their own full-featured social or professional networking community website for their members, employees or customers. Safeguard has deployed $13.5 million of capital in Beyond.com since March 2007 and has a 38% primary ownership position.

Bridgevine, Inc. is an Internet marketing company that enables consumers to compare and purchase digital services online, including Internet, phone, VoIP, TV, wireless, music and entertainment. Bridgevine leverages its proprietary technology platform to acquire leads through numerous sources, including search, e-tail and retail, and then offers a bundle of services from its growing base of participating merchants. The company has expedited more than 8 million transactions, generating more than $1 billion in incremental revenue for partners. The addition during the quarter of Cox Communications, the nation's third-largest cable provider, is expected to contribute to a double-digit percentage increase in Bridgevine revenue in 2010. Bridgevine's advertising partners include Comcast, AT&T, Charter, Cox Communications, Netflix, Real Networks, Qwest, Time Warner Cable and Verizon. Safeguard has deployed $10.0 million of capital in Bridgevine since August 2007 and has a 23% primary ownership position.

Swap.com is an Internet-based business that enables users to trade books, CDs, DVDs and video games using its proprietary trade-matching software. During the quarter, the company acquired the domain swap.com and rebranded itself from swaptree.com to increase awareness and its user base which has grown more than 15x since becoming a Safeguard partner company. Swap.com has begun to broaden its merchandise categories to include women's clothing. Safeguard has deployed $8.1 million of capital in Swap.com since July 2008 and has a 45% primary ownership position.