# Jack Chong

> Jack Chong is the co-founder and CEO of Checker, a New York fintech that gives banks and payment companies a single API to reach the world's stablecoin and digital-asset liquidity. An Oxford PPE graduate who once trained to be a Chinese diplomat in the Arab world, he co-wrote one of the industry's first rigorous primers on real-world-asset tokenization before building Checker, which moved more than $3 billion in volume in under a year and raised $8M led by Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures and Framework Ventures.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Checker
- **Organizations:** Checker, White Star Capital (former), frigg.eco (former), Lunaria Group (former), OX1 Incubator
- **Nationality:** Chinese (Hong Kong)
- **Education:** BA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), University of Oxford, Arabic language studies, Qasid Arabic Institute, Amman, Jordan
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Checker, which processed over $3 billion in volume within 12 months of launch, Raised $8M seed round led by Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures and Framework Ventures, Co-authored one of the industry's earliest rigorous primers on real-world-asset tokenization (~70 pages)

## Career timeline

- **2020** — Co-founded Level Up, an ed-tech startup from the OX1 Incubator, winning £10K+ in prizes on Demo Day
- **2021** — Worked on frigg.eco, a climate venture that won 1st place at Oxford Incubator, a Best Paper Award, and a Top 5 Climate Investment Challenge placement
- **2022** — Graduated from Oxford with a degree in PPE, supported by a full-ride Kwok's Scholars Association scholarship
- **2022** — Co-authored 'An Unreal Primer on Real World Assets (RWAs),' a ~70-page primer on tokenization
- **2023** — Joined White Star Capital's Digital Asset Fund as Entrepreneur in Residence; published an allocator's guide to tokenized treasuries
- **2023** — Co-founded Checker in New York to unify fragmented digital-asset markets for financial institutions
- **2026** — Checker surpassed $3B in processing volume in under 12 months and raised $8M led by Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures and Framework Ventures

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Checker, which processed over $3 billion in volume within 12 months of launch
- Raised $8M seed round led by Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures and Framework Ventures
- Co-authored one of the industry's earliest rigorous primers on real-world-asset tokenization (~70 pages)
- Full-ride Kwok's Scholars Association scholarship to study PPE at the University of Oxford
- Won 1st place at Oxford Incubator and a Best Paper Award with the frigg.eco climate venture
- Built Checker to handle roughly 1% of global B2B volumes across 75+ currencies and 50+ providers

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Checker raised $8M led by Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures and Framework Ventures to expand stablecoin infrastructure across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
- **2026-05** — Checker crossed $3 billion in total processing volume in under 12 months, serving 30+ regulated institutions across 75 currencies.

## Links

- Website: https://www.jack-chong.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-chong/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jackchong_jc
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackchongggg/

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Last updated: 2026-06-24