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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.
Health In Tech is an insurtech company focused on enhancing the self-funding process in the healthcare sector. The company aims to create efficient and innovative solutions that benefit individuals and businesses while improving the health insurance landscape. It operates a dynamic marketplace that utilizes third-party AI technology to deliver customized solutions. The company offers a variety of proprietary digital platforms and services that streamline the quoting and underwriting processes for brokers, third-party administrators, and insurers. Key offerings include reference-based pricing, group insurance captives, community health plans, and the eDIYBS platform for small and medium-sized employers. Additionally, the Health Intelligence Card and HI Performance Network are designed to improve the management of medical records and claims while providing cost-effective healthcare options. Health In Tech, Inc. is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol HIT and was founded in 2014. The company is led by CEO Tim Johnson and has around 80 employees.
Accounting 501 (formerly Pery Consulting Group, founded by Rafe Pery) includes a team of 25 consultants with a broad range of experience in the non-profit sector from the day-to-day transactional accounting level up to the CFO level. Accounting 501 works exclusively in the non-profit sector and assists organizations that are experiencing rapid growth or operational challenges such as…a financial crisis, staffing transitions, accounting system clean-up, merger/reorganization, the need to establish and/or fine tune systems, policies, and procedures. At Accounting 501, we specialize in assisting organizations with complex private and public funding sources to maximize grants and contracts and to ensure compliance with grant requirements. We understand the importance of cost allocation as well as cost center reporting as key to meeting the goals of the organization.
Lockton Affinity is a division of Lockton Companies that focuses on underwriting and distributing specialty insurance products. It operates in markets that are outside the standard offerings, catering to unique insurance needs. Lockton Companies, the parent organization, is a global insurance brokerage known for its client-focused and family-owned approach.