Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Manko Joseph M. Jr.
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/26/2019
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS INC [SFE]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1717 ARCH STREET, 39TH FLOOR
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, $0.10 par value 304,722
I
Horton Capital Management, LLC (1)
Common Stock, $0.10 par value 707,845
I
Sierra Capital Investments, L.P. (2)
Common Stock, $0.10 par value 55,728
I
Horton Capital Partners Fund, LP (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Manko Joseph M. Jr.
1717 ARCH STREET
39TH FLOOR
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
  X      

Signatures

/s/ Joseph M. Manko Jr. 04/02/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Securities held in certain accounts jointly managed by Horton Capital Management, LLC ("HCM") and Maplewood Advisors IM, LLC ("MAIM") (collectively, the "Managed Accounts"). The Reporting Person, solely by virtue of his position as the managing member of HCM, which together with MAIM, act as the investment advisers to the Managed Accounts, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held in the Managed Accounts for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Section 16"). The Reporting Person expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(2) Securities owned directly by Sierra Capital Investments, L.P. ("Sierra"). The Reporting Person, solely by virtue of his position as the managing member of HCM, which together with MAIM, serve as the investment managers of Sierra, and as the managing member of Horton Capital Partners, LLC ("HCP"), which together with Maplewood Global Partners, LLC, serve as the general partners of Sierra, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities directly held by Sierra for purposes of Section 16. The Reporting Person expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(3) Securities owned directly by Horton Capital Partners Fund, LP ("HCPF"). The Reporting Person, solely by virtue of his position as the managing member of HCM, which serves as the investment manager of HCPF, and as the managing member of HCP, which serves as the general partner of HCPF, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities directly held by HCPF for purposes of Section 16. The Reporting Person expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

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