# Evan Wong

> Evan Wong is the co-founder and CEO of Checkbox, a legal AI company he started in Sydney in 2016 and now runs from New York. Checkbox builds an AI 'legal front door' that lets in-house legal teams intake, triage and automate routine work through a no-code, drag-and-drop platform. A serial entrepreneur who launched his first company at 17, Wong studied Commerce and Law at UNSW, was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in 2019, and in early 2026 raised a US$23M Series A that valued Checkbox at roughly US$100M. His customers include large enterprises such as PepsiCo, SAP, Telstra and Woolworths.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Checkbox
- **Organizations:** Checkbox, Hero Education
- **Nationality:** Australian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) / Bachelor of Law (LLB), UNSW Sydney
- **Known for:** Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia (Enterprise Technology), 2019, Named LegalTech CEO of the Year by LegalTech Breakthrough, Built Checkbox from a bootstrapped Sydney startup to a ~US$100M-valued legal AI company

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Founded Hero Education, an education business, at age 17 while beginning studies at UNSW Sydney.
- **2015** — Completed a Commerce/Law degree at UNSW; the first idea for Checkbox came from a final-year law course assignment.
- **2016** — Co-founded Checkbox in Sydney with high-school and university friend James Han (CTO), building a no-code automation platform.
- **2018** — Checkbox raised a ~AU$1.77M angel round; Wong and Han built the company without drawing salaries in the early years.
- **2019** — Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia (Enterprise Technology) list alongside co-founder James Han.
- **2022** — Raised ~US$6.3M pre-Series A led by Sequoia India's Surge and Tidal Ventures.
- **2026** — Raised US$23M Series A at a ~US$100M valuation, led by Touring Capital, to scale Checkbox's AI 'legal front door.'

## Achievements

- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia (Enterprise Technology), 2019
- Named LegalTech CEO of the Year by LegalTech Breakthrough
- Built Checkbox from a bootstrapped Sydney startup to a ~US$100M-valued legal AI company
- Raised a US$23M Series A in early 2026 led by Touring Capital
- Grew Checkbox to serve 100+ organizations including PepsiCo, SAP, Telstra and Woolworths
- TEDx speaker
- Founded his first company, Hero Education, at age 17

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Checkbox closed a US$23M Series A at a ~US$100M valuation, led by Touring Capital with Peak XV, Tidal Ventures, Conductive Ventures and Five V Capital participating.
- **2026-02** — Wong detailed Checkbox's pivot to a pure legal AI focus and enterprise-first strategy in interviews marking the funding milestone.

## Links

- Website: https://checkbox.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theevanwong/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/theevanwong
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/checkbox

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Last updated: 2026-07-17