# Madeline Hung

> Madeline Hung is the co-founder and CEO of Castle, a Hudson, New York fintech building payments infrastructure for the home - software that helps homeowners automate, consolidate, and reduce the cost of their biggest asset. She arrived at the idea the hard way, converting a derelict Hudson Valley photography studio into a livable house during the pandemic and discovering that tracking home spend felt like writing paper checks into a black hole. Before Castle she co-founded The Good Country with nation-branding strategist Simon Anholt and worked across human-rights research and citizen-engagement ventures, a path that runs from Oxfam and Health Leads to a seed-funded home finance app.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Castle
- **Organizations:** Castle, The Good Country, Remesh, Waypoint International, Ellis, Oxfam America, Health Leads
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Harvard University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Castle as CEO, raising a reported $2.6M seed round., Co-founded The Good Country, a global initiative working on citizen engagement and cross-border problem solving., Earned a degree from Harvard University.

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Co-founds The Good Country with nation-branding strategist Simon Anholt; helps launch a global citizen-engagement initiative and a partnership with Remesh.
- **2020** — With her Manhattan lease ending, moves to the Hudson Valley and buys a historic photography studio to convert into a home.
- **2021** — Completes a crash-course 12-month renovation; the project exposes how broken home-spend tracking is.
- **2022** — Co-founds Castle with Hugo Van Vuuren and Jordan Hayashi; the company raises a $2.6M seed round.
- **2024** — Castle profiled by Neo as a home finance company building payments infrastructure for the largest U.S. consumer category.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Castle as CEO, raising a reported $2.6M seed round.
- Co-founded The Good Country, a global initiative working on citizen engagement and cross-border problem solving.
- Earned a degree from Harvard University.
- Built a venture from a deeply personal renovation experience into payments infrastructure for the U.S. home category.

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Castle highlighted by Neo as co-founded by Madeline, Jordan, and Hugo, building home payments infrastructure.
- **2022-07** — Castle's seed financing recorded; total funding reported at $2.6M.

## Links

- Website: https://getcastle.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/madeline-hung

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Last updated: 2026-06-22