Teddy Teece

Teddy Teece is the Managing Partner of KEA Capital Partners, an investment firm that connects international capital with New Zealand’s light industrial sector. He is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist with experience in finance, technology, executive coaching, and real estate. His work centers on linking purpose, profit, and planet while addressing overlooked market inefficiencies and practical business problems. Teddy's connection to New Zealand reaches back five generations, and his dual-hemisphere, bi-coastal early life helped shape his global outlook. This background guides his work with long-term and lifestyle-oriented investors who seek financial returns while forming deeper connections to New Zealand and contributing to its economy, environment, and infrastructure. As Founder and Managing Partner of KEA Capital Partners, Teddy leads acquisition strategies across New Zealand’s “golden triangle,” with a focus on light industrial sectors. The firm’s approach is to acquire, grow, and consolidate established businesses that support the country’s infrastructure. Through KEA Capital Partners, he is raising funds from investors seeking residency in New Zealand and looking to contribute to its economy. Teddy developed KEA Capital Partners’s business plan and thesis during his first year in Wharton’s Executive MBA program. This work included building advisory relationships, stress-testing the plan, and shaping a timely opportunity. KEA Capital Partners now offers a geopolitical insurance product for investors concerned about macroeconomic uncertainty and interested in New Zealand as a safe and stable place to live and invest. His model combines private equity, search fund methods, local partnerships, community events, and philanthropic opportunities. Before KEA Capital Partners, Teddy served as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of an investment bank that processed eight and nine-figure transactions. He also co-founded a marketplace for unique experiences through an incubator and built partnerships with major providers. In consulting, he co-founded a leadership and family business advisory service that supports business families, executives, and next-generation leaders across the United States, the Middle East, and New Zealand. Teddy has also developed a nonprofit and executive retreat destination near Boulder, Colorado, improving a forty-acre property centered on connection, reflection, wellness, and community. Since 2017, he has supported Navy SEAL families through a foundation and helped raise six- and seven-figure sums for charities. Teddy graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies, received recognition for the university’s best senior essay, competed as an NCAA Division I lightweight rower, and played rugby. Today, Teddy Teece works with a New Zealand-based team, supports charitable organizations, writes, drums, works the land, and seeks adventure. He remains focused on service, stewardship, and long-term partnerships that help build lasting organizations and communities.