Cisco EIR

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Author Tom Yoritaka

Cisco and Cisco EIR Take No. 1 Spot on the Europe’s 25 Corporate Startup Stars Ranking

I’m incredibly excited to announce that Cisco and Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence (Cisco EIR), our corporate venturing program, just took first place in Europe’s 25 Corporate Startup Stars. UK innovation foundation Nesta and the Startup Europe Partnership organized this prestigious ranking. The award recognizes the successful contributions of large corporations working within the startup/scaleup ecosystem […]

June 27, 2016 • 2 min read
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Author Tom Yoritaka

Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence Accelerates its Momentum and Extends Corporate Venturing…

Three-and-a-half years ago, an informal brainstorming session among a few us started a broader discussion on how we should co-innovate with the startup ecosystem, which eventually led to the creation of a new corporate venturing program for startups and scaleups - Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence (Cisco EIR) - built on Cisco’s foundation of innovation and market opportunity.

May 20, 2016 • 4 min read
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Author Mala Anand

Entrepreneurs: Your Invitation to Innovate with Cisco in Europe – Second Season…

It was only last November that I wrote about our first Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence (Cisco EIR) cohort in Europe. I knew then we had started something special – an incubation model that allows Cisco to tap into the immense talent of the European startup community and helps address many of the unique challenges entrepreneurs […]

March 25, 2015 • 2 min read
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