Citrix launched the rigorous three-month program with an Innovators Intensive three-day session for selected companies. The ten teams will be mentored by seasoned business executives, industry leaders and venture capital investors in addition to being provided with resources, infrastructure support and workspace at the Citrix Bangalore office.
The Program blends leading-edge collaboration, team building, design thinking and lean startup approaches. Innovation teams will learn to
develop and bring to market business technology offerings that focus on help people work better. Nascent entrepreneurial teams will learn alongside new corporate product teams, and will also receive seed funding. Participants will also receive mentoring and guidance from seasoned business executives, industry leaders and venture capital investors. In early February 2015 Citrix will host an Innovators Celebration event with presentations sharing key lessons learned and demos from the participating teams.
“Citrix is known for its innovation and industry leading technologies that empower mobile workspaces around the world and we are keen to encourage the growth of the next generation of technocrats in the country. Additionally, we hope to strengthen India’s start-up ecosystem and support new ideas in the transformative mobile and cloud era,” said Rakesh Singh, VP and GM, Citrix India.– Citrix India.
“We are excited to announce the teams that have been selected to participate in the Bangalore Innovators Program. There was a tremendous response with many highly qualified innovation teams and entrepreneurial applicants from multiple regions throughout India,” said John McIntyre, Managing Director of the Citrix Startup Accelerator, who founded and leads the program. “As the Innovators Program scales globally, Bangalore was chosen as the premier international location. The area is a thriving hub for technology startups and talented engineers.”
“The response to the program has been overwhelming and we’ve had numerous promising ideas come through across multiple technology disciplines. We’ve chosen the best ones to incubate further and look forward to nurturing them to a state of market readiness. Citrix will ensure to provide the teams with the relevant technology platforms and strategic direction that will help them create world-changing business solutions,” said, Charles Fernandes, Director, Operations, Citrix India
