Yibai Li Haney / DIRECTOR

Direct Investing and GP Structured Partnership Expertise

In her 15 years as an investment professional, Yibai has invested across the capital structure. In her role as Director at MPowered Capital, Yibai focuses primarily on sourcing and executing GP Structured Partnerships and pre-fund deals while also supporting fund investments and co-investments for the firm. She is a frequent speaker and panelist at various industry conferences and organizations where she brings her extensive experience, particularly related to investing in diverse emerging managers, to broad audiences. She also serves as a Board Observer for select portfolio companies. 

Prior to MPowered, Yibai was a structured and growth equity investor at Virgo Investment Group, where she evaluated, structured, and managed investments in founder-led and family-controlled businesses in the healthcare and niche industrials sectors. At Virgo, she invested over $150 million of equity in eight portfolio/platform transactions and led $450 million in debt financing over 2.5 years.

Previously, Yibai was a Senior Analyst at Värde Partners, where she focused on executing and originating private credit and equity investments. Prior to that, she held roles as an Associate with BDT Capital Partners, where she invested across the capital structure and advised large-cap family-controlled businesses, and as an Analyst in the natural resources investment banking group at Morgan Stanley. ​

Yibai earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from Williams College and received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania, graduating with honors as a Palmer Scholar.​