Danantara Targets US$5 Billion in Investment for 2025 Across Eight Strategic Sectors
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The Investment Management Agency (BPI) Danantara is targeting US$5 billion in investment realisation in 2025. With six months remaining this year, Danantara will focus its investments on a number of strategic sectors believed capable of driving Indonesia's economic growth.
Danantara Managing Director of Finance Arief Budiman said the development themes that will be prioritised for investment include downstream processing, food security, energy security, manufacturing, and renewable energy. Beyond these, Arief added, the financial markets sector is also a focus, with the aim of improving access to capital and financing.
"The ultimate goal is how Danantara can assist financial markets so that capital and access to financing become more accessible," he said at the Sumitronomics National Symposium in Jakarta on Tuesday (3 June 2025).
Arief added that investment decisions will be based on three main factors: the impact on Indonesia's economy, potential returns, and available sector opportunities. For this year, there are eight sectors Danantara will target for investment: minerals, renewable energy, digital infrastructure, healthcare, financial services, downstream processing infrastructure, industrial estates, and food.
"To clarify, regarding financial services, Danantara is not investing in banks or the financial industry. Rather, it is about how Danantara can add instruments to deepen financial markets," Arief said.
He expressed optimism that a number of deals already made will see the US$5 billion (approximately Rp81.5 trillion) in investment disbursed within the next six to nine months.
**Trust Fund**
Earlier in the first week of May, Minister of Investment and Downstream Processing and Danantara Indonesia CEO Rosan Roeslani revealed plans to allocate 1 to 2.5 per cent of total SOE dividends received by Danantara as a trust fund. The funds will be used to support Danantara's corporate social responsibility programmes focusing on education, sanitation, and improving the living standards of Indonesians.
"At the start of the year, we will initially set aside US$100 million and we have already seen the figures. Perhaps within five or six years, this trust fund could reach US$1 billion," Rosan said at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday (7 May 2025).
Rosan also revealed plans to collaborate with The Gates Foundation to channel their trust fund into Danantara. Through trust fund management, Danantara hopes to deliver a significant positive impact on Indonesia's economy and create more equitable benefits for society.
"I have also spoken with the Gates Foundation team about potential collaboration with Danantara," he said.
He hopes Danantara's involvement in trust fund management could make Indonesia one of the trust fund management centres in Southeast Asia. Rosan added that he has held discussions with a number of entrepreneurs about investing their philanthropic funds into Danantara.
"In the United States, ideally 2 per cent of their GDP is allocated to social funds. In Indonesia, with a GDP of US$1.5 trillion, that means approximately US$30 billion that we can mobilise," Rosan concluded.
**BlackRock Network**
On Tuesday (13 May 2025) US time, Rosan met with BlackRock senior managing directors Adebayo Ogunlesi, Rajeev Rao, and Charles Hatami. Through his official Instagram account @rosanroeslani, he stated that Danantara Indonesia and BlackRock are exploring a strategic partnership to promote sustainable investment.
"The partnership reflects the synergy between Indonesia's development priorities and BlackRock's global strengths in asset management, energy transition financing, and digital infrastructure," Rosan wrote in his post caption.
Contacted separately, Universitas Paramadina economist Wijayanto Samirin said BPI Danantara needs to promptly formulate an Investment Policy and Strategy (IPS) so that decisions on partnerships are guided by established frameworks.
"I believe the type and depth of affiliations need to be scrutinised before deciding — not too loose, but not too rigid either," he said when contacted on Tuesday.
According to Wijayanto, BPI Danantara should be open to partnering with any entity as long as it delivers benefits and aligns with Danantara's vision of promoting investment and economic transformation in Indonesia. He cited the example that by investing with BlackRock, Danantara Indonesia could contribute to that entity's investments whilst persuading BlackRock's investor network to channel investment into productive sectors in Indonesia.
Danantara Managing Director of Finance Arief Budiman said the development themes that will be prioritised for investment include downstream processing, food security, energy security, manufacturing, and renewable energy. Beyond these, Arief added, the financial markets sector is also a focus, with the aim of improving access to capital and financing.
"The ultimate goal is how Danantara can assist financial markets so that capital and access to financing become more accessible," he said at the Sumitronomics National Symposium in Jakarta on Tuesday (3 June 2025).
Arief added that investment decisions will be based on three main factors: the impact on Indonesia's economy, potential returns, and available sector opportunities. For this year, there are eight sectors Danantara will target for investment: minerals, renewable energy, digital infrastructure, healthcare, financial services, downstream processing infrastructure, industrial estates, and food.
"To clarify, regarding financial services, Danantara is not investing in banks or the financial industry. Rather, it is about how Danantara can add instruments to deepen financial markets," Arief said.
He expressed optimism that a number of deals already made will see the US$5 billion (approximately Rp81.5 trillion) in investment disbursed within the next six to nine months.
**Trust Fund**
Earlier in the first week of May, Minister of Investment and Downstream Processing and Danantara Indonesia CEO Rosan Roeslani revealed plans to allocate 1 to 2.5 per cent of total SOE dividends received by Danantara as a trust fund. The funds will be used to support Danantara's corporate social responsibility programmes focusing on education, sanitation, and improving the living standards of Indonesians.
"At the start of the year, we will initially set aside US$100 million and we have already seen the figures. Perhaps within five or six years, this trust fund could reach US$1 billion," Rosan said at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday (7 May 2025).
Rosan also revealed plans to collaborate with The Gates Foundation to channel their trust fund into Danantara. Through trust fund management, Danantara hopes to deliver a significant positive impact on Indonesia's economy and create more equitable benefits for society.
"I have also spoken with the Gates Foundation team about potential collaboration with Danantara," he said.
He hopes Danantara's involvement in trust fund management could make Indonesia one of the trust fund management centres in Southeast Asia. Rosan added that he has held discussions with a number of entrepreneurs about investing their philanthropic funds into Danantara.
"In the United States, ideally 2 per cent of their GDP is allocated to social funds. In Indonesia, with a GDP of US$1.5 trillion, that means approximately US$30 billion that we can mobilise," Rosan concluded.
**BlackRock Network**
On Tuesday (13 May 2025) US time, Rosan met with BlackRock senior managing directors Adebayo Ogunlesi, Rajeev Rao, and Charles Hatami. Through his official Instagram account @rosanroeslani, he stated that Danantara Indonesia and BlackRock are exploring a strategic partnership to promote sustainable investment.
"The partnership reflects the synergy between Indonesia's development priorities and BlackRock's global strengths in asset management, energy transition financing, and digital infrastructure," Rosan wrote in his post caption.
Contacted separately, Universitas Paramadina economist Wijayanto Samirin said BPI Danantara needs to promptly formulate an Investment Policy and Strategy (IPS) so that decisions on partnerships are guided by established frameworks.
"I believe the type and depth of affiliations need to be scrutinised before deciding — not too loose, but not too rigid either," he said when contacted on Tuesday.
According to Wijayanto, BPI Danantara should be open to partnering with any entity as long as it delivers benefits and aligns with Danantara's vision of promoting investment and economic transformation in Indonesia. He cited the example that by investing with BlackRock, Danantara Indonesia could contribute to that entity's investments whilst persuading BlackRock's investor network to channel investment into productive sectors in Indonesia.