Teddy Teece

Managing Partner of KEA Capital Partners

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 who has built companies in finance, technology, executive coaching, and real estate. Across these ventures, he has remained focused on aligning purpose, profit, and planet while addressing global challenges, market inefficiencies, and overlooked opportunities.

Drawing on five generations of family ties to New Zealand and a dual-hemisphere, bi-coastal upbringing, Teddy combines an entrepreneurial mindset with a commitment to service. These influences continue to guide his work today as he supports long-term and lifestyle-oriented investors seeking financial returns while building stronger connections to and contributing to one of the world’s most stable and sought-after destinations.

Building Bridges Between New Zealand and Global Capital

As Founder & Managing Partner of KEA Capital Partners, Teddy leads acquisition strategies throughout the “golden triangle,” concentrating on light industrial sectors. The firm focuses on acquiring, growing, and consolidating established businesses that play an important role in New Zealand’s infrastructure. Through KEA Capital Partners, he is raising funds from investors who aim to establish residency while contributing meaningfully to New Zealand and its economy.

During his first year in Wharton’s Executive MBA program, Teddy developed KEA Capital Partners’s business plan and investment thesis, established advisory relationships, and refined the strategy through extensive planning. KEA Capital Partners now offers a geopolitical insurance opportunity for investors concerned with macroeconomic uncertainty and attracted to New Zealand’s reputation as one of the safest and most stable places to live and invest. He created an investment model that combines private equity and search fund approaches with local partnerships, community-based events, and philanthropic opportunities. The result is a platform designed for investors who value both financial outcomes and quality of life.

From Entrepreneurial Operator to Investment Leader

Before launching KEA Capital Partners, Teddy held leadership roles across several industries. As Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Expert Capital Partners, he helped build an investment bank that achieved rapid growth while processing eight and nine-figure transactions.

Earlier, Teddy co-founded LocalEyez, a marketplace for unique experiences, which grew in an incubator environment and developed partnerships with providers such as JUCY. His professional background also includes family business consulting through The Legacy Academy, which he co-founded as a service line of Berkeley Research Group (BRG). Through these efforts, he advised business families, executives, and next-generation leaders across the United States, the Middle East, and New Zealand. He designed leadership programs, assessment tools, and succession planning strategies for multinational organizations. During this period, he also contributed to leadership development initiatives involving executives from major international alliances, helping future leaders strengthen personal and professional capabilities.

Creating Value Beyond the Balance Sheet

Beyond finance, travel technology, and consulting, Teddy has developed a nonprofit and executive retreat destination near Boulder, Colorado. He has overseen the development and stewardship of a forty-acre property dedicated to connection, reflection, wellness, and community. Taking a hands-on role, he personally built several features of the property and managed teams as a general contractor.

Teddy continues to dedicate time, energy, and resources to maintaining the sanctuary as a place centered on service, belonging, self-reliance, and well-being. His charitable involvement includes serving on the advisory board of the C4 Foundation alongside Medal of Honor recipients and supporting Navy SEAL families through the organization since 2017. He has also helped raise six- and seven-figure sums for charitable organizations such as Project HEAL.

Advocacy, Service, and Community Impact

Teddy believes that many modern challenges require stronger local communities, greater resilience, and more open conversations surrounding mental health. Through Maka Sanctuary, the nonprofit arm of the retreat organization, and future educational ventures, he hopes to create environments where individuals, families, and leaders can engage with these topics in meaningful and practical ways. His work increasingly focuses on helping people build stronger foundations for pursuing leadership, success, and service.

Scholarship, Athletics, and Personal Development

Teddy graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies and was co-awarded the Norman Holmes Pearson Prize for the university’s best senior essay. During his time there, he competed as an NCAA Division I lightweight rower and also played rugby.

Teddy's experience as a student-athlete led to a lasting interest in performance science, sport psychology, and what he calls “holistic fitness,” integrating physical health, mental well-being, purpose, and community to build resilience.

A Long-Term View of Leadership

Today, Teddy Teece works alongside a New Zealand-based team of experienced business leaders, supports charitable organizations, and spends time working the land, writing, drumming, and adventuring. Whether helping investors identify opportunities, supporting mental health initiatives, or creating places dedicated to learning and healing, he remains focused on building organizations and communities that can endure for decades.

Teddy's work reflects a philosophy of stewardship and service, grounded in the belief that lasting success is achieved through long-term partnerships, shared purpose, and a strong sense of collective commitment.