John McIntyre, the spearhead behind Citrix’s accelerator arm, says the tech giant is teaming up with Raleigh’s HQ Raleigh – and looking for partners as it preps to bring a startup initiative to the City of Oaks.

McIntyre says he hopes the program- which will target pre-seed and early stage startups, will help “build bridges from Raleigh to Silicon Valley.”

The original program, based in Silicon Valley, is a three-month Citrix (Nasdaq: CTXS) initiative that works with outside partners such as Coca-Cola…