# Citrix Startup Accelerator

> Citrix Startup Accelerator is a VC fund backing Software. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Clara, United States
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/citrixaccel
- Website: http://citrixstartupaccelerator.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Citrix-Startup-Accelerator/1859843

Citrix Startup Accelerator is a VC fund in Santa Clara focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Citrix Startup Accelerator offers seed funding for passionate entrepreneurs who have great ideas for the development of new technologies and business models around cloud, mobile and collaboration.The Citrix Startup Accelerator offers: * Seed funding ($250k) * An entrepreneur-friendly environment with access to the global Citrixecosystem. * An open and interactive accelerator facility in Silicon Valley that offers mentoring from successful entrepreneurs, Citrix executives, and partners.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 16 | 41% |
| Enterprise Software | 12 | 31% |
| Mobile | 7 | 18% |
| Analytics | 6 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 15% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 28 | 72% |
| Series A | 2 | 5% |
| Grant | 1 | 3% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 25 | 64% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Julian Fishman | Business Development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julian-fishman |
| Kumar K. Goswami | VP, Products | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kumar-k-goswami |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kyndi | Kyndi's Natural Language-powered platform helps organizations find answers in unstructured, text-based data at unparalleled speed. | $34.7M | Series A | Aug 10, 2021 |  |
| Kyndi | Kyndi's Natural Language-powered platform helps organizations find answers in unstructured, text-based data at unparalleled speed. | $20M | Series B | Jul 10, 2019 |  |
| Kyndi | Kyndi's Natural Language-powered platform helps organizations find answers in unstructured, text-based data at unparalleled speed. |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2015 |  |
| Kyndi | Kyndi's Natural Language-powered platform helps organizations find answers in unstructured, text-based data at unparalleled speed. |  | Convertible Note | Aug 01, 2015 |  |
| NMLStream | NMLStream provides AI for information technology management. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2015 |  |
| OpsDataStore | OpsDataStore, provides the first ever solution to online service quality issues by combining a low latency real time scalable big data back end with partner ecosystem of complementary management software vendors. This ecosystem approach gives customers the ability to choose best of breed vendors and achieve data integration through OpsDataStore.This allows customers to improve revenue, reliability, reputation and customer retention. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Johns Creek, Georgia. |  | Seed | May 01, 2015 |  |
| 3TEN8 | 3TEN8 develops a cloud SaaS-based platform that helps mobile operators to understand and optimize their wireless networks and subscriber's experience. They creating cognitive operations technology (AIOps) for closed-loop, self-healing, and self-operating networks in 4G, 5G, and beyond. Its software provides insights and analytics for mobilecarriers. The company 's self-learning artificial intelligence technology predicts outages and network degradations and delivers self-healing actionable insights focused on preventing customer impact. Amr Salem, Naresh Guntupalli, and Elica Rahdar founded 3TEN8 on August 15, 2014. It has its headquarters in Santa Clara in California. | $1.7M | Seed | Apr 15, 2015 |  |
| InstaSafe | InstaSafe is a security solutions organisation that has been redefining cloud based security by introducing disruptive and cost effective solutions that seek to alter the cybersecurity spectrum altogether. InstaSafe was founded in 2012 by cybersecurity experts Sandip Kumar Panda, Biju George, and Prashanth Guruswamy. As a Gartner recognised ZeroTrust Network Access solutions provider, InstaSafe seeks to leverage ZTNA based concepts to ensure a seamless, secure internet experience for all users in an organisation, irrespective of the device or location from which they use these resources. InstaSafe uses the neoteric conception of Software Defined Perimeters (SDP) to deploy a network centric zero trust architecture that leverages the cloud to provide unprecedented security to its users, along with granular level network access control. As one of the pioneering players in the SDP industry, InstaSafe has made an impression among organisations looking to switch to security setups that aid their migration to the cloud. Unlike appliance-based solutions, InstaSafe offers a hardware-free, Zero configuration, Self-service style, Fully redundant Security-as-a-Service, which could be deployed in minutes with comprehensive reporting.By effectively eliminating the need for on-premise hardware appliances, InstaSafe provides a viable, scalable, simpler, and more secure alternative to existing legacy based security setups. |  | Seed | Aug 11, 2014 |  |
| Lingoland | Lingoland is foreign language immersion from home. | $25K | Grant | Feb 19, 2014 |  |
| WhoKnows | WhoKnows is the first omni-channel lead gen platform driven by AI and specifically optimized for startups. We have a unique combination of data (over 370M AI-enriched profiles) and lead gen services (email marketing, paid ads, SEO, telemarketing, etc) that allows startups to experiment rapidly in order to build and scale their specific growthengine. The best part is that after an initial discovery period, our pricing is based on performance, so you only pay for the leads that are generated and can fix your acquisition costs. | $250K | Seed | Oct 08, 2013 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [7BC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7bc-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [PivotNorth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pivotnorth-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [UL Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ul-3) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cicada Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atp-innovations) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Citrix Startup Accelerator invest in?

Citrix Startup Accelerator invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Citrix Startup Accelerator?

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### Who are the partners at Citrix Startup Accelerator?

The team at Citrix Startup Accelerator includes Julian Fishman (Business Development) and Kumar K. Goswami (VP, Products). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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