Ashraf Sinclair, The Familiar Husband Of BCL, Is Known As An Angel Startup

BCL Husband Ashraf Sinclair (instagram @ashrafsinclair)

JAKARTA - The death of the husband of the singer Bunga Citra Lestari or BCL, Ashraf Sinclair, has made the social media scene busy. Not only good at playing a role, Ashraf is also good at business affairs in the technology field.

During his lifetime, Ashraf was known as an actor and businessman. In fact, since 2017, Ashraf has joined an investment company for 500 startups in the Southeast Asia region.

Launching Crunchbase, the man who was born in London, England is known to be active in the world of investing in technology. Even the husband of BCL was once considered the savior of hundreds of startup companies in Indonesia.

Angel startup, that's the nickname that startup entrepreneurs give Ashraf. Because he does not hesitate to provide investment and venture capital in a startup company, using his personal money.

The total funding provided was not small, reaching 50 million United States (US) dollars or Rp.666 billion (at an exchange rate of Rp.13,300). The funds are disbursed to help startups develop themselves.

Not a few startup companies have been assisted by Ashraf, some of which are BukaLapak, Kredivo, Hijub, Brodo and Kudo. Not only that, the man who was born on September 18, 1979 also became an investor in the South Korean cosmetics company Althea and Iflix, a video on demand service.

The death of Ashraf, of course, brought grief to Indonesian startup business activists. Khailee Ng, as Managing Partner of 500 Startups, also remembers this on his Instagram account, he admits that he is sorry for the death of Ashraf, who is considered a friend and colleague in his investment portfolio.

"(Ashraf) worked hard to give startup founders extra encouragement. He has an intuitive flair and always connects with people from heart to heart, lifting them up," said Khailee on his Instagram account @khaileeng.

Many Indonesian netizens to neighboring Malaysia expressed their condolences. Likewise with their phenomenal love story or what is known as Relationship Goals.

From VOI's monitoring, it is seen that the sad news of Ashraf Sinclair is exploring Twitter trending topics with more than 248 thousand tweets, followed by #bungacitralestari which gets 10.3 thousand tweets.

Many of the netizens regretted the departure of the Malaysian actor, because the married couple BCL and Ashraf always look romantic on social media. Both of them often upload vacation activities around Indonesia and the world with their child, Noah.

Netizens who have followed the journey of their love story are also seen posting their feelings of loss through a photo.

"Ashraf Sinclair and Bunga Citra Lestari is my relationship goals. Too many news of untimely death this year and it's only February. A reminder that we never know how much time we still have left in this world. Appreciate everyone and everything we still have today. , "wrote @christykbye.

Likewise warganet with the @AliasPuteri account, "Ashraf Sinclair and Bunga Citra Lestari are my relationship goals. That's very a sad news for me to hear if Ashraf Sinclair was passed away. Rest In Peace Mr. Sinclair."

As previously reported, the husband of BCL breathed his last at MMC Kuningan Hospital, South Jakarta. The actor who appeared in the television program Eddy in Goil & Gincu as well as Gol & Gincu The Series died of a heart attack.