Explorer Investments Is the Main Independent Management Company Leader In Private Equity In Portugal

We manage alternative assets across three asset classes. We are pioneers in finding creative solutions and are guided by excellence. Explorer has a proven track record built over nearly twenty years.

Business Areas

At present we manage and advise Funds with  net assets around 1,400M€, divided into two business areas: Private Equity and Hospitality.

Founding Partners

The two founding partners, Rodrigo Guimarães and Elizabeth Rothfield worked together in the Portuguese financial sector for three decades. In 2003, they founded Explorer Investments, today the leader in Portugal, as an independent Private Equity Fund Management company.

In January 2021, after the passing of Mr. Rodrigo Guimarães, the founding partner Elizabeth Rothfield became CEO of Explorer Investments and President of the Board.