# Explorer Investments: portfolio, investments and team > Explorer Investments is a private equity based in Portugal. 2 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Jan 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/explorer (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Portugal · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Explorer Investments Last cheque observed Jan 2026; 2 cheques on record. Email Private equity Deploying now New fund $31M, Feb 2026 Growth Buyout Hospitality Follow Explorer Investments and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fexplorer) Deploying now **50%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record Since the last cheque **304** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$4.8M** Rounds led **1 of 2** Pitch Explorer Investments ## Explorer Investments highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Pre-seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds - 03 Led 1 rounds ## What they do > Explorer is Portugal’s leading independent alternatives fund manager... across three key strategies: BUYOUTS GROWTH HOSPITALITY From their own website - **Type:** Private equity - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Growth Buyout - **Sectors:** Hospitality - **Based in:** Lisbon, Portugal - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances** - **2026** 1 round - **Jan** **[Luca](https://millionrounds.com/company/luca)** Series A · MX · LatamList **$8.0M** With 3 others - **2025** 1 round - **May** **[Litehaus](https://millionrounds.com/company/litehaus)** Pre-seed · PT · TechCrunch **$1.7M** *Led* An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **3 named** EM **Edwin Machingambi** Director i Filing they signed HH **Hari Hariharan** Director i Filing they signed MB **M.F. B. Gillooly** Director i Filing they signed We also hold **29** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **27+** funds on file numbered funds in its name ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **1** of 8 we have independently watched raise [Portal](https://millionrounds.com/company/portal) Coeos Digital, Lda Unpri Wagtails apcr bcsd cmvm invest_europe Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. New fund on file **$31M** raised in Feb 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Growth Buyout Median round joined **$4.8M** the round, not its cheque Led 1 of 2 rounds **50%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jan 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Pre-seed *1* - Series A *1* - Growth said *-* - Buyout said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 **Pitching Explorer Investments?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Explorer Investments put money into. [**Litehaus** $1.7M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/litehaus) ## Quick answers about Explorer Investments ### What does Explorer Investments invest in? Explorer Investments invests most often at Pre-seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Hospitality. ### How active is Explorer Investments? 2 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jan 2026. ### What has Explorer Investments invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Luca (Series A, Jan 2026) and Litehaus (Pre-seed, May 2025). ### How big are Explorer Investments's cheques? The median round it joins is $4.8M. ### Is Explorer Investments investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months. ### What kind of investor is Explorer Investments? Explorer Investments is a private equity firm based in Lisbon, Portugal. ### Has Explorer Investments raised a new fund? Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Feb 2026, reporting $31M raised. ### When was Explorer Investments founded? Explorer Investments was founded in 2003. ## Raising now? 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