Citrix today announced a new program as part of the Citrix Startup
Accelerator, which has been successfully funding early-stage companies
for the last three years. The Citrix
Innovators Program introduces a new accelerator model that blends
cutting-edge Silicon Valley approaches in design
thinking and Steve
Blank’s Lean LaunchPad to support startups in developing and
bringing to market enterprise technology offerings that focus on user
needs and help people work better.
Participants have received seed funding, formal training and guidance
from an Innovators Council comprised of CIOs and CTOs from AMD, Bosch,
Citrix, Coca-Cola and Ricoh, as well as investors from top Silicon
Valley VC firms. Today, select members of this inaugural class will
present their products and services and report on their latest progress
at the Innovators Day taking place at the Citrix Silicon Valley
headquarters in Santa Clara. Some of the concepts to be presented
include:
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a new way for marketers to extract intelligence from data
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a revolutionary sales tool created by four former Google sales
executives
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a cloud solution for mobile carriers and wireless networks that will
further enable the “Internet of Things”
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an on-the-job learning system for employees and real-time performance
pulse for managers
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an intelligent information aggregator
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a corporate cloud-based video platform
One of the participating companies, 3TEN8, has been selected to join the
Citrix Startup Accelerator Seed Program, benefitting from $250k in
funding, office workspace, and mentoring for the next twelve months. The
3TEN8 solution makes it easy to identify and fix network issues by
enabling mobile carriers to optimize their wireless networks.
“This unique program invests in and helps to cultivate the most
promising ideas and transformative solutions,” said Martin Duursma, CTO
office chair and vice president of Citrix Labs. “The focus of the
Innovators Program is on accelerating leading-edge business solutions
and openly sharing approaches that have been integral to the Citrix
culture of innovation.”
“As mobile technologies rapidly impact how we work, the industry needs a
more agile way to develop relevant products that enable people to
securely access data and apps and collaborate anywhere, any time, on any
device,” said Catherine Courage, senior vice president, Customer
Experience, Citrix.
“Innovation capital is the next wave for achieving tangible business
benefits from investments,” said John McIntyre, managing director,
Citrix Startup Accelerator. “Increasingly, corporate investors are
helping new companies to succeed in this dynamic and transformative
mobile era. This is the first of a number of Innovators Programs we will
be rolling out globally. We plan to launch our next programs later this
year in Raleigh, NC and Bangalore, India.”
About Citrix
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leader in mobile workspaces, providing
virtualization, mobility management, networking and cloud services to
enable new ways to work better. Citrix solutions power business mobility
through secure, personal workspaces that provide people with instant
access to apps, desktops, data and communications on any device, over
any network and cloud. This year Citrix is celebrating 25 years of
innovation, making IT simpler and people more productive. With
annual revenue in 2013 of $2.9 billion, Citrix solutions are in use at
more than 330,000 organizations and by over 100 million users globally.
Learn more at
www.citrix.com.
About The Citrix Startup Accelerator
The Citrix Startup Accelerator is the most prestigious corporate funding
program and accelerator for business mobile, cloud and collaboration
technologies. The Citrix Startup Accelerator brings innovation practices
to talented entrepreneurs globally. Visit www.citrixinnovatorsprogram.com
to learn more.
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