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Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount todays industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.
World Athletics is the international governing body for athletics (track & field & running events). Our vision is to use the power and accessibility of athletics and our athletes to create a healthier and fitter world. World Athletics serves a number of stakeholders: professional athletes, their coaches, and their agents, and the 214 national athletics federations that make up the organisation, commercial partners and broadcasters. We work closely with the local organising committees to stage the biggest athletics events all over the world, to excite and engage with fans of all ages.
Were developing tech to feed the world. The world is running out of phosphorus. Most of the worlds phosphorus is used to grow food to feed to animals to produce meat. Manure isnt returned to growing regions, and instead leads to algal blooms and nutrient pollution. Were fixing this problem with tech to produce fertilizer from manure, helping farmers grow better food at a price farmers can afford.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is a leading performing arts complex located in Costa Mesa, California. Established in 1986 and renamed in 2011, it spans 14 acres and is recognized as Orange County’s largest non-profit arts organization. The Center features multiple venues, including Segerstrom Hall, Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Samueli Theater, and Judy Morr Theater, hosting a wide range of performances. The Center offers live performances that include Broadway shows, classical concerts, dance, and contemporary acts. It also provides venue rentals for private events and seminars, along with arts-based education programs through the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Education Center. With a mission focused on artistic excellence and community engagement, the Center has welcomed over 20 million visitors and premiered over 60 world-class productions since its inception.