Hevea Capital is a venture capital firm investing in early stage companies building the foundational infrastructure of tomorrow’s economy. Our mandate spans frontier technologies, from embedded finance and AI enabled diagnostics to regulatory technology and digital asset infrastructure, with a focus on scalable systems that align innovation with long term, institutional relevance.
Founded by Brian Condenanza, a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, TEDx speaker, and contributor to global policy initiatives through platforms like the UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab, Hevea Capital operates with a thesis driven approach: backing founders who see regulation not as a constraint, but as a strategic moat in high growth, asymmetric markets.
Our Philosophy
We believe that early-stage capital should be more than fuel, it should be signal.
Hevea Capital exists to provide that signal: of rigor, of global fluency, and of long view thinking in an age dominated by short term hype. We invest in companies that can stand before regulators, institutions, and global markets without flinching, ventures that don’t just chase momentum but design for endurance.
“Some firms follow trends. We invest in the infrastructure that trends end up relying on.”
– Brian Condenanza, Founder
Our core belief is that the next generation of category defining companies will emerge at the intersection of technology and governance, and those that master both will shape not only industries, but the systems beneath them.
What We Look For
- Regulatory Arbitrage → Teams that see compliance as opportunity, not overhead.
- Global Intelligence → Founders who understand that scalability means moving beyond a single geography or legal framework.
- Frontier Insight → Companies at the edge of emerging trends, with the discipline to navigate the lag between innovation and adoption.
- Impact-Aware Models → Ventures that unlock access, transparency, and value across underutilized or mispriced markets.
Our Platform
Hevea Capital backs founders with capital, strategic insight, and a network that spans family offices, global policy institutions, technical operators, and second-time founders. We work hands-on during early inflection points, product market fit, regulatory planning, and institutional fundraising, then step back, empowering teams to lead.
We also maintain deep visibility into LATAM and European markets, with select exposure to SEA and MENA, leveraging regional asymmetries in regulation, adoption curves, and infrastructure gaps.
Select Portfolio Companies
- Linen App – DeFi wallet bridging traditional finance and crypto adoption
- Nada – Tokenized real estate and home equity solutions
- Optimism Protocol – Layer 2 scaling infrastructure for Ethereum
- SnapDNA – Instant molecular diagnostics through portable hardware
- Iris – Social investment insights powered by automation
- DODO Exchange – Decentralized market maker platform
More Than Capital
Hevea Capital is not a generalist fund. We are a precision firm.
We deploy selectively, collaborate deeply, and move quietly, with the view that real value is built in what isn’t broadcast. Our goal is not to make headlines. It’s to fund infrastructure so resilient that others build headlines on top of it.
If you’re building something the world hasn’t caught up to yet, but will, we’d like to hear from you.