JBS NV says it has agreed to receive a $2.5 billion investment from Indonesia’s sovereign-wealth fund, Danantara. The companies will form a joint venture focused on the protein market, with plans to expand across Southeast Asia as well as Australia and New Zealand. JBS describes the venture as a way to pursue investment opportunities in protein production. The announcements across outlets describe the arrangement as a partnership intended to support JBS’s growth in the protein sector in multiple regions, leveraging Danantara’s capital and JBS’s position in meat and protein production. The reports do not provide further deal terms such as timelines, governance structure, or specific projects, but they consistently frame the transaction as a joint-venture investment centered on protein expansion. Both accounts attribute the transaction to JBS and Danantara, and both describe the investment size as $2.5 billion.