Ventura Capital Company Optimistic Consumer And Retail Sector 2025 Bright

JAKARTA - Several Ventura capital companies in Indonesia hope that the economic and investment prospects in 2025 will improve, driven by potential growth in the retail and consumer sectors.

Meanwhile, based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), household consumption recorded growth of 4.91 percent year on year (YoY) in the third quarter of 2024 or contributed 53.08 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Therefore, the consumer and retail sectors are now one of the industries that has attracted the attention of investors, complementing a portfolio that was previously more focused on technology-based startups.

Venture Partner from Init-6 Rexi Christopher said that his party has high optimism for 2025 because the political situation in Indonesia and global will soon stabilize, so that the community and economic actors can focus more on economic growth and investment.

"Especially for retail and consumers, we also see that there will certainly continue to grow and there will continue to be many upcoming emerging brands that will provide new solutions, alternative new products to the market," said Rexi at the Consumer Market Update event, Monday, November 18.

According to Rexi, his party is also very involved in helping its portfolio company to maintain and increase its growth and is committed to being able to survive in the long term, even to the IPO or be acquired by large companies.

"We hope that we can invest in a business that can be sustainable in the future, until they can have an IPO or maybe be acquired by a bigger company," he said.

Meanwhile, Portfolio and Advisory Head of OCBC Ventura Dyah Trisnawaty hopes that the founders of its portfolio company will remain resilient and able to face the challenges that exist.

"We can take advantage of insight and data to overcome problems and accelerate growth. In terms of funding, we also hope to become a bridge for them to get additional funding," he said.

Dyah also added that the funding provided is expected to help these companies grow bigger and in the end hopefully they can do an IPO and can contribute to the Indonesian economy.

VP of Investments Trihill Capital Valerianus lan Sulaiman conveyed the importance of political stability in determining the direction of future economic policy.

"This year there is an election in Indonesia, there is an election in the US and then it is over, meaning that the President of Indonesia, the President of America, and the direction of policies from countries are most important for us," he said.

He added that in 2025 he hopes that not only the portfolio of their companies will develop, but also the increasing purchasing power of the Indonesian people.

"So 2025 is certainly more optimistic than 2024 and the expectations are that most of the businesses will also develop more," he said.