Why I Believe Global Families Should Invest in Portugal Private Equity - With the Golden Visa as a Bonus

Maria Campos Silva, Explorer Investments
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:00:00 GMT
Portugal Golden Visa, Private Equity, Opinion

Opinion article by Maria Campos Silva, Investor Relations at Explorer Investments, explaining why sophisticated families are allocating capital to private equity funds in Portugal and treating the Portugal Golden Visa as a powerful additional benefit – not the only reason to invest.

In this opinion piece, Maria Campos Silva, Investor Relations at Explorer Investments, shares her perspective on why global families from the US, UK, Canada, the Middle East and Asia are increasingly looking at private equity funds in Portugal as a serious long-term allocation – and why the Portugal Golden Visa should be seen as a structured bonus rather than the sole driver of the decision.

Maria explains how Portugal’s strong macro performance – highlighted in our article on Portugal being named The Economist’s “economy of the year” – and its record-breaking tourism success, covered in Portugal’s World Travel Awards 2025 analysis, create a compelling backdrop for investing through CMVM-regulated private equity strategies. She details why many families prefer regulated funds to individual property purchases and how Explorer’s Golden-Visa-compatible funds are structured to keep a private-equity-first investment thesis.

The article also links out to our technical guides – including the Portugal Golden Visa Fund Route: Complete Application Checklist for 2026, the Explorer Private Equity & Portugal Golden Visa guide, and resources for UK investors post-Brexit and for Americans comparing retirement & Golden Visa destinations. The result is a high-SEO, high-intent opinion article positioned at the intersection of Portugal private equity, Golden Visa planning and multi-jurisdiction family strategy.