Haomiao Ma
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Finance / Entrepreneurship / Research

Haomiao
Ma.

马浩淼

Capital. Ideas. Enterprise.

Co-Founder & CEO

Company building, financial research and independent investing. Economics with Finance at the University of Edinburgh.

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Edinburgh, Scotland · Haomiao MaDiscover the profile01 / PERSONAL PORTFOLIO
11

Academic works & research

4

Finance & data internships

70

Student officers coordinated

AMC 12A

Honor Roll of Distinction

01 / PROFILE

A perspective built across disciplines.

Thinking analytically. Building entrepreneurially.

I am Haomiao Ma, an Economics with Finance undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh, Co-Founder and CEO of HL Tech (Honglü Technology), and an independent investor.

My work connects financial analysis, technology entrepreneurship and market research: from corporate finance and M&A projects to product strategy, company governance and cross-asset investing.

Finance & researchCompany buildingIndependent investing
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02 / VENTURE

From an idea to a company.

The company, its products and what comes next.

Hangzhou Honglü Technology Co., Ltd.

HL Tech

Co-Founder · CEO · General Manager

HL Tech develops AI infrastructure and software for intelligent collaboration. Project META connects its long-term digital and physical research; Pastey is the current software implementation.

Core business

AI infrastructure, agent systems and cross-device software form the current business direction. Embodied intelligence remains a longer-term research programme.

AI infrastructureAgent systemsCross-device software
Executive DirectorLegal Representative
Digital implementation of Project META

Latest public beta · v2.0.0-beta.2

Pastey.

Cross-device infrastructure for AI agents, connecting workspace movement, host execution and result return.

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Pastey. A workspace across devices.

Cross-device infrastructure for AI agents, bringing device discovery, file movement and reviewed workspace execution into one desktop workflow.

  • Discover and select a connected host
  • Move a reviewed workspace with encrypted transport
  • Run a task on the selected host and return its output
macOS / Apple SiliconWindows / x64Beta 2.0
03 / EXPERIENCE

Inside finance. Alongside technology.

Four internships. Different perspectives.

Jun – Sep 2026

Industrial Bank

Corporate Finance Intern · Beijing Branch

Credit due diligence, financial analysis and risk review for corporate financing.

What I worked on
  • Reviewed financial statements, financing records and project materials for team due diligence.
  • Summarised revenue, receivables, operating cash flow, debt and capital expenditure to support repayment-source and financing-needs analysis.
  • Organised potential repayment and project risks and checked supporting figures and documents.
May – Jul 2026

CICC

Investment Banking Intern · M&A Team

Industry and company research, pharmaceutical transaction cases and source verification.

What I worked on
  • Contributed research on China's traditional Chinese medicine sector, compiling policy, industry and company information.
  • Reviewed public disclosures on a pharmaceutical acquisition to summarise transaction structure, financial performance and implied valuation.
  • Collected business, product, competitor and market information for team research materials.
Jul – Sep 2025

CCDC

Data Application Group Intern

Business-data definitions, sample dashboards and AI-enabled BI product comparisons.

What I worked on
  • Helped organise bond-related business data fields and indicator definitions at China Central Depository & Clearing.
  • Prepared Power BI and Tableau sample dashboards for internal review and proof-of-concept discussions.
  • Compared Baidu, Yonghong and FanRuan demonstrations against a nine-area checklist, summarising capabilities, limitations and data-security questions.
Jun – Aug 2024

Beijing Xinhangcheng Fund Management

Equity Investment Intern

Initial investment screening and research across healthcare, manufacturing and technology.

What I worked on
  • Reviewed company materials and business models to support initial investment screening.
  • Collected industry and company information, compared growth drivers and risks, and contributed notes for internal investment discussions.
04 / ACADEMIC WORK

Academic work. Questions pursued.

Coursework, empirical research and student strategy cases.

6 / 11 projects

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What drives UK gilt yields? — Figure from my academic report
Research2026

Global Macro Investing · March 2026

What drives UK gilt yields?

An empirical examination of macroeconomic drivers of UK long-term interest rates and the 2026 outlook.

Eight centuries of creative cities — Figure from the group project
Research2026

Applications of Econometrics · March 2026

Eight centuries of creative cities

A team project on persistence and mobility in historical urban creative clusters from 1000 to 1800.

Industry / Energy
Research2025

Peking University DBIC · June 2025

China’s solar industry & LONGi

Understanding structural overcapacity through a policy–industry–firm research framework.

Computational / Economics
Technology & methods2025/26

Programming & Numerical Methods for Economics

Computational economics

Python and Jupyter coursework on simulation, optimisation and dynamic economic models.

Finance / Technology
Finance2025

Application of Finance

FinTech & sustainable finance

An academic essay on financial inclusion, green finance and the challenges of financial technology.

Capital / Climate
Finance2024

Business & Sustainability · December 2024

Green finance & climate change

A study of Goldman Sachs’ role in green finance, infrastructure and climate-related challenges.

05 / PERSPECTIVES

Capital, in context.

Personal investing, enterprise and connected markets.

A perspective shaped by practice

Look through the asset. Understand the business, the market and the forces around it.

Personal investing & research

China A-shares

My personal investing in Chinese listed companies connects an interest in business performance with industry change, policy and market sentiment.

I look at changes in market expectations alongside what a business can deliver.

Questions I explore
  1. What is driving growth: customer demand, policy or changing expectations?
  2. How do earnings, cash flow and valuation expectations fit together?
  3. How do the industry cycle, competition and financing conditions change the risks?
Business fundamentalsIndustry & policyExpectations & price
HM / ATLAS

A connected view of capital.

Move to explore
01

Start with what creates value.

My perspective begins with who values a product, how that value becomes cash flow, and what a price requires from the future.

02

Place the asset in its wider setting.

Policy, rates, competition, market rules and liquidity shape opportunities and risks. I am interested in how these forces interact across businesses and markets.

03

Make uncertainty part of the judgement.

A view should make clear what is observed, what is expected and what would change it. Good judgement includes recognising the limits of the available information.

06 / EDUCATION

Education & formation.

University study, learning programmes and analytical tools.

Education

September 2023 – Present

University of Edinburgh

MA (Hons) Economics with Finance

Undergraduate degree in progress · Expected graduation: July 2027

June 2025

Peking University · Guanghua

DBIC Summer Programme

Three-week programme · Group leader · 90/100, Grade A.

August 2026

Tsinghua University · SEM

YES Young Elite Sharing

Learning and exchange · 21 August 2026. Financial and capital thinking for managers; technology entrepreneurship.

High-school education

Maple Leaf, Dalian / Fenghua, Suzhou

Canadian BC curriculum

Studied in Dalian before moving to Suzhou for Grade 12. Ranked No.1 in high-school GPA.

Skills & analytical tools

Data & coding

Python / Jupyter · R / R Markdown · Stata · SQL

Analysis & reporting

Excel · Power BI · Tableau · PowerPoint

Finance & research

Financial-statement analysis · Company & industry research · PE/PB scenario valuation

Communication

English-medium study · Research writing · English presentations

07 / COMPETITIONS

Ideas tested in competition.

Mathematics, financial capability and investment challenges.

2026Case World Cup · Waymo

Customer-analysis module lead for a student robotaxi strategy case, prioritising customer segments and presenting the analysis in English.

2026UBS Finance Challenge

Team leader for a Long CATL / Short BYD investment pitch, combining fundamental research and PE/PB valuation under three scenarios.

2021AMC 12A · Honor Roll of Distinction

Honor Roll of Distinction · Top 1% globally.

2022AIME · Invitational participation

Participated in the American Invitational Mathematics Examination in 2022.

2021–22LIBF National Finals

Personal Financial Competence Award and Hedge Fund Award for first-place investment return in the competition simulation. Developed a financial product for a customer case.

2022ASDAN Business Simulation

Team leader · Business Strategy Battle Award and Best Business Plan.

2020Australian Mathematics Competition

Distinction in the Australian Mathematics Competition.

2020Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge

China Excellence Award / Honorable Mention.

2021Wharton Global High School Investment Competition

Trader and industry analyst for a simulated-client portfolio. Applied CAPM, DuPont, PESTEL, SWOT and DDM frameworks and contributed to the strategy report.

08 / LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY

Leadership through action.

Campus leadership, community service and university societies.

Student leadership · 2021–23
70student officers coordinated

Student Council President

Led cross-department coordination and campus events, including sports and seasonal celebrations with more than 1,500 attendees.

Debate & public speaking · 2021–22
30society members

American Debate Society President

Organised weekly practice, feedback and inter-school competitions; third-speaker experience, team championships and Best Debater recognition.

Community service · 2021–22
200+volunteer hours

Pandemic-response volunteering

Worked with the Songyuan Youth Volunteer Association on community order, elderly residents’ forms, vaccination registration and returning-resident screening.

School leadership
LEADleadership through service

Class Monitor & Zhou Enlai Class

Class-monitor experience in Dalian and Suzhou; selection into the school’s Zhou Enlai Class and coordination of peer tutoring.

University communities
EUTICEdinburgh university communities

Investment & gliding clubs

Membership of Edinburgh University Trading and Investment Club and Edinburgh University Gliding Club.

09 / LIFE & INTERESTS

Curiosity extends beyond the desk.

Victoria Street in Edinburgh
Edinburgh · Where I study
Outside work

Movement. Creativity. Curiosity.

Movement

FitnessSkiingSwimmingBadmintonBilliards

Creativity

PhotographyCookingPianoDrums

Curiosity

Financial marketsPolicyTechnology
Qualification

Level 3 Social Sports Instructor

General Administration of Sport of China

10 / CONTACT

A conversation opens possibilities.

For academic opportunities, roles and collaborations.