Citrix(NASDAQ:CTXS) has made an announcement that the Citrix Startup Accelerator Innovators Program is launching in Bangalore.
"We are helping entrepreneurs build the next-generation of technologies and companies. The focus of the Innovators Program is on accelerating business solutions and openly sharing approaches that have been integral to Citrix innovation," said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Senior Vice-President & General Manager of the Enterprise and Service Provider Division, Citrix Systems, Inc.
The three-month residency at key locations around the world, cultivates breakthrough mobile, cloud, and collaboration technologies by leveraging the expertise of Citrix and key corporate council members. The Innovators Program successfully concluded in Silicon Valley last month and is now scaling globally.
Twelve teams will be selected to receive support, in-depth training, and a workspace at the Citrix Bangalore office. The modern space includes high-tech meeting rooms and workstations, and is a fitting place to design the revolutionary mobile workstyle technologies of the future.
The Program blends leading-edge collaboration, design thinking and lean start-up approaches. Innovation teams will learn to develop and bring to market business technology offerings that focus on user needs and helping people work better. Nascent entrepreneurial teams will learn alongside new corporate product teams, and will also receive seed funding. Participants will receive mentoring and guidance from seasoned business executives, industry leaders and venture capital investors.
Citrix will partner with the NASSCOM 10K team on the program.
