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Elementary is a company specializing in advanced machine vision inspection, utilizing AI and automation to enhance manufacturing processes. Founded in mid-2017 by experienced professionals from various sectors, the company aims to develop a new generation of manufacturing products that rely on computer vision and AI. Their platform automates traceability scans and integrates AI, machine vision, and automation into production lines. This approach focuses on improving quality, traceability, and root cause analyses, making manufacturing processes more efficient. Elementary emphasizes a human-in-the-loop strategy, enhancing collaboration between humans and machines to optimize working conditions and outcomes. Based in Los Angeles, California, Elementarys team includes roboticists, computer scientists, designers, and engineers. The company has attracted significant funding, including a $30 million Series B round led by Tiger Global, to support its innovative solutions in manufacturing. Their technology is utilized by notable clients across various industries, including Toyota in the automotive sector.
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.
True Lacrosse is a sports organization founded in 2008 by professional lacrosse players Jake Deane and Mike Gabel, based in Lombard, Illinois. The organization is dedicated to educating and developing young men and women in lacrosse, focusing on creating exceptional athletes while fostering confidence, integrity, and leadership skills. Operating in multiple U.S. states, including Illinois, Colorado, and Michigan, True Lacrosse serves youth players nationwide. The organization emphasizes four core pillars: Passion, Energy, Expertise, and Reps, which guide their training and player development approach. True Lacrosse offers comprehensive training programs that enhance lacrosse skills, game understanding, and athleticism. Their experienced coaching staff, comprised of former professional players, provides valuable insights and support to help players reach their potential and pursue collegiate opportunities. Additionally, True Lacrosse prioritizes player safety by partnering with platforms like HEADCHECK Health to manage concussion risks.
Mission Statement: The Division of Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison provides student-athletes with opportunities to excel, and thereby advance their athletic, academic, and social development. In doing so, we endeavor to field competitive teams that display growth, integrity and accountability. These principles serve as cornerstones upon which a dynamic, fiscally responsible Department can flourish, mindful of its obligations to its staff, the university, alumni, and citizens of the state, whose support sustains its undertakings.