Co-founders Ryan Van Alfen and Jason Kotter began their business journey together based on a shared passion for educational advancement. Through hard work and dedication, the two successfully launched their first company, Athlos Academies, a social venture dedicated to helping schools succeed.
It was in the experiences, lessons learned, successes, and failures of building Athlos Academies, where Van Alfen and Kotter developed the essential principles that are now the foundation of each Braintree Group company and investment. These principles include a passion for lifelong learning across all business sectors, and key Performance Character traits like leadership, humility, creativity, and grit.