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Quantopian is a crowd-sourced quantitative investment firm. We inspire talented people from around the world to write investment algorithms. Quantopian provides capital, data, a research environment, and a development platform to algorithm authors (quants). We offer license agreements for algorithms that fit our investment strategy, and the licensing authors are paid based on their strategy`s individual performance. We provide everything a quant needs to create a strategy and profit from it. Quantopian`s community has doubled year-over-year for the last three years and now numbers over 100,000 members. Quantopian`s members include finance professionals, scientists, developers, and students from more than 180 countries from around the world. The members collaborate in our forums and in person at regional meetups, workshops, and QuantCon, Quantopian`s flagship annual event.
Triterras is a trade finance leader leveraging advanced financial technology to solve deep-rooted challenges in the trade industry and unlock opportunities in global trade finance. The combination of the company’s entrepreneurial vision, institutional discipline and sector expertise sets Triterras apart in the industry. In a slow-moving industry, Triterras has stood out as a technological pioneer. The company recognized the potential for blockchain to improve reliability in global trade finance and used its deep experience in the industry to build and deploy a platform that met the needs of customers. Kratos™, a custom-built blockchain-enabled platform enables all parties to a given transaction, including banks and insurers, to see and follow a transaction. The fintech platform increases speed and efficiency, promotes sustainability, enhances compliance and provides security throughout the trading process. Triterras’ leadership team has more than 100 years of combined experience in trade finance. Their extensive ties to customers, traders and lenders make them the preferred partner to clients.
Palladium is a middle market private equity firm with nearly $3 billion in assets under management. The firm seeks to acquire and grow companies in partnership with founders and experienced management teams by providing capital, strategic guidance and operational oversight. Since its founding in 1997, Palladium has made 37 platform investments and 141 add-on acquisitions. Palladium is a signatory of the United Nations supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The PRI is recognized as the leading global network for investors committed to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment decision making.
Michigan Chinese Business Club (MCBC) is a premier business club at the Ross School of Business at the Universtiy of Michigan.
Baker Newman Noyes is one of the nation`s top 100 accounting and consulting firms with offices in Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire. The firm supports a variety of clients with a special focus on banking and financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and distribution, not-for-profit, public sector entities and privately held and family-owned businesses. Baker Newman Noyes is an independent member of Baker Tilly International.