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Techstars Anywhere Inaugural Class Takes Virtual Graduation Walk

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Today, however, the inaugural class of the 40th program—Techstars Anywhere—is graduating after completing an online Demo Day that capped the past three months of the program’s first “virtual accelerator.” “We

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My Web Lockers Looks To School File Sharing

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San Diego-based My Web Lockers is launching a new file sharing service today--targeted at K-12 schools. The site said that the new service will make it "easier and more affordable" for schools to use the Internet to store projects such as homework and class assignments.

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EvoNexus Deadline Approaches Monday

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San Diego-based startup incubator EvoNexus said Friday that the deadline for its Fall startup class is Monday. through the incubator.

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Lymber, Founded in Early 2016, Surprised by Mindbody’s Buyout Offer

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Lymber was barely a year old when Mindbody (NASDAQ: MB ) announced recently that it acquired the San Diego mobile app developer. Lymber, named as a 2017 Xconomy San Diego startup to watch , has developed a technology platform that enables mobile users to book openings in fitness and wellness classes.

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

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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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Profitability Helps San Diego Lender Step Out from Industry Cloud

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In contrast to some alternative lenders, the San Diego firm said it is growing fast and is consistently profitable. Another oft-mentioned concern about peer-to-peer lenders is that most members of the new class of lending companies have yet to prove their business model in the ultimate stress test —an economic downturn.

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Five Years After Y Combinator First Admits Biotechs, They’re Dug In

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Five years ago, the big tech incubator Y Combinator started to welcome life sciences companies into its sizable startup classes, which had previously nurtured entrepreneurs in information technology almost exclusively. That opening to biotech startups in 2014 was controversial at the time.

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