Peter H. Haabestad

Mr. Haabestad is a founding partner of Guardian and leads new investment execution, manages existing portfolio companies and oversees fundraising and limited partner relationships. While serving on the board of numerous portfolio companies, Peter is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee and Chairman of Cosmic Pet LLC and Tactical Medical Solutions, Inc.

Prior to founding Guardian, Peter had a diverse professional career offering a distinct blend of entrepreneurship, sales and marketing, senior executive leadership and financial advisory experience. He was a Managing Director of Investment Banking and Head of Diversified Growth Banking at Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP; Managing Director of Investment Banking and Head of Life Sciences and Technology practice groups at Boenning & Scattergood, Inc.; Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of PERK Scientific, Inc., a diagnostic medical device business; and held various sales positions with US Surgical Corporation and Xerox Corporation.

Peter earned his MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and his BS in finance from Pennsylvania State University.