Xiaofan Bai

Morning Crest Capital - Managing Partner and CEO

Shanghai, China

About

With 20 years of experience across Australia, the USA and China, I am currently the managing director of Morning Crest Capital (venture capital) and Morning Crest Exto Capital (real estate). My responsibilities include sourcing, evaluating, and executing investment opportunities across Australia. I have a proven track record of delivering value to our investors and portfolio companies through my strategic, operational, and financial expertise. My core competencies encompass real estate and venture capital. I have successfully identified numerous unique opportunities (US Single Family Rental in 2012, Australian commercial residential and modular construction development and Australian early stage start-ups such as Airtasker and Go1) and raised investment funds to profit from these opportunities. Additionally, I have managed the performance and exit of our investments (including 4 IPOs in the USA, Australia and Hong Kong). I am deeply committed to creating positive social and environmental impacts through all of our investments and strive to build long-term partnerships with stakeholders across the industry.

Experience

  • Founding Partner at modiQ
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    As Founding Partner and Director of ModIQ, I lead the growth of an Australian modular construction business that bridges development strategy, approvals, and delivery. ModIQ is focused on transforming how Australia builds by using modular technology to improve speed, cost efficiency, and certainty, supported by an exclusive partnership with Yahgee and a consultant network covering engineering, compliance, certification, and project delivery. I work across feasibility, approvals, development management, and execution to help bring modular projects from concept to completion in a way that is commercially practical and aligned with Australian standards.

  • Managing Partner & CEO at Morning Crest Exto Capital
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Mr. Bai founded Morning Crest Exto Capital in 2023. MCEC is a Sydney-based real estate fund management company managing funds that invest into Australian commercial residential assets (student accommodation, boarding houses, hotels and motels), real estate debts and listed REITs.

  • Non Executive Director at Airtasker
    Jun 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 1 mo

  • Managing Partner at Morning Crest Capital
    Dec 2014 - Present · 11 yrs 7 mos

    Venture capital management company. Portfolio includes Airtasker, Go1, GoCatch, Wheelys Cafe, Building IQ, etc.

  • Director at PACIFIC OAK RESIDENTIAL TRUST
    Oct 2019 - Nov 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Pacific Oak Resident Trust, Inc. invests in and operates single family homes as rental properties and invests in other interests, including mortgages on or securities related to single family homes. We owned circa 2000 single-family homes primarily in the southwest, midwest and southeast regions with specific concentrations in the Houston, Jacksonville, Chicago, Memphis, Birmingham, and Oklahoma City metropolitan areas.