Minister of Creative Economy Teuku Riefky Harsya, during a meeting with IDX officials here on Tuesday (June 9), stated that creative economy players require broader access to funding and investment to develop their businesses.
“The potential of Indonesia’s creativity, innovation, and cultural strength must be supported by a complete ecosystem, including access to funding and investment, so that creative economy players can grow more sustainably,” he said, according to a ministry press release on Thursday.
According to ministry data, investment realization in the creative economy sector in 2025 reached Rp183 trillion or around US$10.1 billion, up 32.33 percent compared to the previous year. Creative economy business nationwide also employed 27.4 million workers.
“The Ministry is focused on encouraging creative economy players that have become established to move up the ladder and become national companies, and even global-scale enterprises,” Harsya said.
“Collaboration with the IDX opens opportunities for more creative economy players to understand the capital market and be ready to utilize creativity as a source of investment,” he added.
The ministry and the IDX have organized the Go Public Workshop roadshow program and coaching clinics for creative economy businesses under the KreatIPO initiative to improve the financial literacy of creative economy players and facilitate their access to funding.
Acting President Director of the IDX Jeffrey Hendrik stated that the exchange welcomes creative economy players who wish to join the capital market.
“We certainly welcome creative economy players to participate in the capital market, either as investors to benefit from capital market growth or as corporate entities seeking to raise funds and expand their businesses,” he said.
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