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. As an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist, he has built companies across finance, technology, executive coaching, and real estate. Throughout these efforts, he has focused on aligning purpose, profit, and planet while addressing global challenges and market inefficiencies that are often overlooked.

Drawing on five generations of family ties to New Zealand and a dual-hemisphere, bi-coastal upbringing, Teddy brings together a global entrepreneurial perspective and a commitment to service. These influences continue to shape his current work, in which 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,” with a focus on light industrial sectors. The firm’s investment strategy centers on acquiring, growing, and consolidating established businesses that serve as important parts of New Zealand’s infrastructure. Through KEA Capital Partners, he is raising funds from investors interested in establishing residency while making meaningful contributions 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 and built advisory relationships. He ensured the model was carefully tested and prepared for market opportunities. KEA Capital Partners now offers a geopolitical insurance opportunity for investors who recognize growing macroeconomic uncertainty and value New Zealand’s reputation as one of the safest and most stable countries in which to live and invest. He has developed 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 seek both financial outcomes and quality of life.

From Entrepreneurial Operator to Investment Leader

Before founding KEA Capital Partners, Teddy held leadership roles in a range of 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 emerged from an incubator and developed strong partnerships with providers such as JUCY. His career also includes family business consulting through The Legacy Academy, which he co-founded as a service line of Berkeley Research Group (BRG). Through this work, he supported business families, executives, and next-generation leaders throughout 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.

Creating Value Beyond the Balance Sheet

In addition to his work in finance, travel technology, and consulting, Teddy has developed a nonprofit and executive retreat destination near Boulder, Colorado. He has overseen the improvement 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 led teams as a general contractor.

Teddy continues to invest time, energy, and resources into maintaining the sanctuary as a place where service, belonging, self-reliance, and well-being remain central values. His charitable efforts include 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 of today’s challenges require stronger communities, greater personal resilience, and more open discussions about mental health. Through Maka Sanctuary, the nonprofit arm of the retreat organization, and future educational ventures, he hopes to create spaces where individuals, families, and leaders can engage with these topics in practical and meaningful ways. His work increasingly centers on helping people establish healthier foundations from which to pursue leadership, service, and success.

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. While there, he competed as an NCAA Division I lightweight rower and also played rugby.

Teddy's experience as a student-athlete sparked a lasting interest in performance science, sport psychology, and what he describes as “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 pursue opportunities, supporting mental health initiatives, or creating places dedicated to learning and healing, he remains committed to building organizations and communities that can endure for decades.

Teddy's work reflects the values of stewardship and service, guided by the belief that meaningful success is built on long-term partnerships, shared purpose, and strong alignment.