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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   StepStone Group Holdings LLC 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/03/2013 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SafeStitch Medical, Inc. [SFES] (Last) (First) (Middle) 505 FIFTH AVE., 17TH FLOOR,  4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10017 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ 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, par value $0.001 per share 11,985,261 (2) I See Footnote (2)

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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
Series B Preferred Stock (2)	09/03/2013	  (3)	Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	5,611,555	$ 0	I	See Footnote (1)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
StepStone Group Holdings LLC 505 FIFTH AVE., 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	Â
StepStone Group LP 4350 LA JOLLA VILLAGE DRIVE SUITE 800 SAN DIEGO, CA 92122	Â	  X	Â	Â
StepStone Pioneer Capital Buyout Fund II, L.P. 505 FIFTH AVE. 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	Â
StepStone Pioneer Capital II, L.P. 505 FIFTH AVE. 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	Â
StepStone-SYN Investments, L.L.L.P. 505 FIFTH AVE. 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	Â
StepStone PC GP, LLC 505 FIFTH AVE. 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

StepStone Group Holdings LLC, by its partner and general counsel, Jason Ment /s/ Jason Ment		09/11/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
StepStone Group LP, by its general partner StepStone Group Holdings LLC, by its partner and general counsel, Jason Ment. /s/ Jason Ment		09/11/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
StepStone PC GP, LLC, by its sole member StepStone Group LP, by its general partner StepStone Group Holdings LLC, by its partner and general counsel, Jason Ment. /s/ Jason Ment		09/11/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Each StepStone Fund, by their respective general partner StepStone PC GP, LLC, by its sole member StepStone Group LP, by its general partner StepStone Group Holdings LLC, by its partner and general counsel, Jason Ment. /s/ Jason Ment		09/11/2013
**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)	The reporting persons may be deemed to be members of a group beneficially owning 10% or more of the shares of common stock of the issuer ("Common Shares") within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Except as set forth herein, the reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership of all securities other than those reported herein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such a group exists or that the reporting persons are the beneficial owner of the securities of such group for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.
(2)	StepStone Group Holdings LLC is the general partner of StepStone Group LP ("StepStone LP"), which is the sole member of StepStone PC GP, LLC ("StepStone PC"), which is the sole general partner of each of StepStone Pioneer Capital Buyout Fund II, L.P. ("StepStone Buyout"), StepStone Pioneer Capital II, L.P. ("StepStone Capital II") and StepStone-SYN Investments, L.L.L.P. ("StepStone SYN" and, together with StepStone Buyout and StepStone Capital II, the "StepStone Funds")). StepStone Buyout directly owns 84,406 Common Shares, StepStone Capital II directly owns 150,054 Common Shares and StepStone SYN owns 11,750,801 Common Shares and 561,155.5 shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
(3)	The Series B Preferred Stock has no expiration date.
  Remarks: Each of the StepStone Funds disclaims beneficial ownership of any Common Shares held by any other person.  Each of StepStone Group Holding LLC, StepStone LP and StepStone PC disclaim beneficial ownership of any Common Shares held by the StepStone Funds except to the extent of their pecuniary interest in the StepStone Funds, if any.

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