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Meet the Xconomy Awards San Diego Digital Trailblazer Finalists

Xconomy

San Diego’s prowess in computer science, medical devices, and life sciences makes it a natural hub of innovative digital health companies. This is part of a series of articles about the finalists for the Xconomy Awards San Diego. Here are brief profiles of the finalists.

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15Five Lands $8M To Expand Use of Its Coaching Software for Managers

Xconomy

San Francisco-based performance management startup 15Five , whose mission is to torpedo annual performance reviews for workers and replace them with supportive weekly coaching by managers, announced today it raised $8 million in a Series A funding round.

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Plug and Play San Diego Finds Home in New Downtown Works Space

Xconomy

Plug and Play San Diego has formed a partnership with Downtown Works, a new co-working space in downtown San Diego, which will give the local Plug and Play program a place to call home. Among other things, they get an opportunity to pitch to investors and industry representatives at Plug and Play’s quarterly “expo” event.

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TakeLessons CEO Discusses Chromatik Buyout, Why it’s a Good Fit

Xconomy

San Diego-based TakeLessons set out nine years ago to create a Web-based platform that helped match music students with qualified instructors. TakeLessons also acquired Chicago-based Betterfly, which offered online vocational classes, DIY projects, and self-improvement courses like public speaking and personal life coaching.

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Google Launching Its Own Computer Science Courses on Campuses

Xconomy

Early next year, twenty students will have the opportunity to study machine learning for 10 weeks with Google engineers, college professors, and coaches—free of charge.

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With $18M, Reflexion Health Expands Physical Therapy Technology

Xconomy

Reflexion Health, a San Diego startup founded in 2012 at the nonprofit West Health Institute, is moving to commercialize Vera, its physical rehabilitation system based on Microsoft Kinect’s motion tracking technology. healthcare systems, CEO Joe Smith said late Monday.

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SmartDrive Raises Capital, Rolls Out Distracted Driving Technology

Xconomy

The telematic technology is intended to help fleet managers reduce risk by coaching operators to be safer drivers. SmartDrive, founded in 2004, specializes in dashboard video cameras and related analytic technology to identify dangerous driving behavior.