Indonesia is considered as the most attractive and active market for impact investment and social entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia. Large amounts of capital are being pledged to the country, from more than 100 impact investors who are actively eyeing the market.

In August 2019, ANGIN has conducted an FGD (Focus Group Discussion) with 14 Indonesian social entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs to gather their feedback and insights on their previous and current engagement with impact investors. That FGD was commissioned by an Indonesian impact fund who desired to better understand the market to shape a more impactful and tailored impact structure to the country. The key takeaways validated ANGIN field experience and raised open questions about the existing gaps between the impact investors and the entrepreneurs. The challenges appear at several stages of the investment process, from the initial engagement, through the due diligence process, all the way to the post-investment support.

To help investors and entrepreneurs navigating the space, ANGIN in conjunction with an international private foundation, is partnering to deploy the first assessment of Indonesia Impact Investment Reality.

We expect to give more voice to the Indonesian entrepreneurs who have engaged or are engaging with impact investors. As real customer satisfaction and feedback research, we aim to get unique and valuable insights from the entrepreneurs to contribute to the growth of impact investment in Indonesia. For us, it means seeing more investable capital fitting the Indonesian entrepreneur landscape being available and more investments being made with the right terms and value proposition for the entrepreneurs.

This project will be a key asset to:

• Understand the needs and expectation of impact-driven enterprises in the fundraising stage;
• Highlight these needs/expectations along the investment journey: from the simple first contact, early screening, due diligence, negotiation, deal structuring, deal execution and all the way to the post-investment phase;
• Develop more investable and available capital fitting the Indonesian entrepreneur reality;
• Have more investments being made with the right terms and value proposition for the Indonesian entrepreneurs
• Supporting existing and upcoming impact investors targeting Indonesia in shaping their investment thesis, process and post-investment support to better fit the market reality.

ANGIN targets all entrepreneurs who are fulfilling the points below:

• You are operating in Indonesia
• You are currently engaging or have engaged and/or have received funding from impact investor (s)
• You are willing to share feedback on your experience, needs, and expectations

For further details or questions, please contact: research@angin.id

Source: https://www.angin.id/2019/11/19/new-report-invitation-indonesia-impact-investment-reality?mc_cid=80674a1175&mc_eid=10d8fba425