Arctic Leaf is the product of Arctic Empire and NewLeaf. The two companies merged after a long history of working alongside one another, bringing together experience and specialties from different fields under a single name. With this merger, they’re posed to take on larger projects and involved applications more than ever before. It was in 2015 that both companies began working with one another through a mutual client that proposed a proprietary crowdfunding platform. Arctic would handle the backend and NewLeaf would polish up the UX design and push out marketing efforts. This trial by fire forged a strong synergy between the companies and by September of 2017, the Founders of each company were sitting down at a restaurant in Ottawa near Arctic and the talks of a merger came up. After nearly two years of closely supporting one another, it was a natural decision and would help cement the relationship and maximize efficiency and the suite of services both companies could offer. From these discussions the primary mission behind Arctic Leaf was born; to provide CRO and UX focused design and development services for custom web applications and e-commerce stores.
Association Development Group, Inc. is a full-service association management company. They are experienced, results-oriented, association professionals with an emphasis on communications. Their work, both full service and project-based focuses entirely on building strong operational systems, strategic thinking and implementation, and consistent association growth. ADG's work with non-profit professional trade and charitable organizations has taken them all over New York State and the Northeast, to Washington DC and major hubs around the United States, and overseas to Africa. Whether local, state, national or international, the elements for association success are the same strong leadership, an invested staff, a membership-wide commitment to the mission of the organization, and creativity.
Berkshire Partners has developed specific industry experience in several areas including consumer products and retail, communications, business services, industrials and healthcare. Berkshire has a strong history of partnering with management teams to grow the companies in which it invests with the goal of consistently achieving superior investment returns. The firm is currently investing from Berkshire Fund IX, a $5.5 billion fund raised in 2016. The firm seeks to invest $50 million to $500 million of capital in each portfolio company.