Summary
Haoyang Xu is a versatile operator and founder with 13 years of experience blending business development, product strategy, and finance across DeFi, consumer tech, and venture investing. Based in Palo Alto, he led partnerships and go-to-market at Native, driving integrations with 40+ blockchain partners and shaping product strategy through BD-informed frameworks like a Total Available Liquidity model. He has entrepreneurial chops from founding a popular esports RTC/LFG platform in China and scaling a DIY PC community of 500+ members and 10,000+ workshop attendees at UIUC. As a hands-on investor and former CIO, Haoyang has managed public equity and crypto allocations and ran a DePIN that evolved from mining to ETH staking validators. He also combines technical curiosity with community-building—teaching, lecturing on generative AI for 3D printing, and running maker lab operations—so he often bridges technical teams and strategic partners. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who gets rid of blockers and turns ecosystem relationships into product momentum.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Student, Economics, 4.0, Student, Economics, 4.0 at Ulinkcollege, Nansha, Guangzhou
Master of Finance Mathematics, Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law, Master of Finance Mathematics, Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chinese, English