| Cisco acquiring Waltham cybersecurity company for $293M Silicon Valley networking tech giant Cisco Systems announced Tuesday its intent to acquire a Waltham cloud-based security and services firm for $293 million in cash and equity. Startups in Boston and U.K. brace for uncertainty following Brexit vote Startups with ties to Boston and the United Kingdom are bracing themselves for the aftershocks of Britain's vote on Friday to leave the European Union. Startup Institute to seek new CEO after Diane Hessan's resignation Startup Institute, a Boston-based company that offers full- and part-time immersive education programs for those interested in the innovation sector, is seeking a new leader to replace the outgoing CEO, Diane Hessan. Former head of MassChallenge now at Fidelity Labs Akhil Nigam, co-founder and former president of Boston-based startup accelerator program MassChallenge, is now working with Fidelity Labs, the research-and-development division of asset manager Fidelity Investments. | 
