Olive Tree Holdings

Alan Hess is the founder and Chief Investment Officer, setting the firm's overall strategy. The firm has a small team of professionals, but no other named CIOs or managing directors are publicly identified (per public record).

The firm sources investments through a combination of direct relationships in the technology and real estate communities, co-investment opportunities with other family offices, and its own network of founders and operators (per public record). It has a history of investing in venture rounds alongside institutional VCs.

Olive Tree Holdings is a single-family office, managing capital for the Hess family. It does not appear to have a multi-family office or external LP program (per public record).

The firm focuses on growth-stage venture and select later-stage private equity, with a preference for companies that have product-market fit and measurable revenue. It has also made early-stage investments in technology startups (per SEC filings).

Olive Tree does not publicly disclose sectors it avoids. Based on its disclosed investments, it has not been active in biotech, energy, or infrastructure (per public record).

The firm treats its real estate and venture portfolios as complementary, using real estate cash flows to provide stability for higher-risk venture investments. This hybrid structure is rare among family offices (per public record).

Olive Tree acts as a limited partner in select private equity and venture capital funds, alongside direct co-investments. It prefers to partner with managers who have operational expertise, as Hess's background is operational (per public record).