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Peter Dickstein

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Advisory Board Member at HiLight Surgical
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Peter Dickstein is a 35-year business leader with an MBA from The Wharton School. As Managing Principal of PMD Advisors, he provides strategic finance for start-ups, particularly spinouts from research institutions. He is also the founder of ShadyPower, an IoT company focused on climate-sustainable technology, and advises medical device companies like HiLight Surgical.

Outside of his primary ventures, Peter co-founded Solful, a successful California-based cannabis dispensary brand inspired by a personal family health experience. He contributes to the next generation of entrepreneurs as a guest lecturer at UC Berkeleys Haas School of Business and previously served on the board of the San Francisco Day School.

He founded and led eProsper, whose SaaS capitalization management system was acquired by Morgan Stanley as part of a $900MM transaction.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Advisory Board Member
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Start-up Financing
His firm, PMD Advisors, specializes in strategic finance and commercialization for start-ups and university spinouts with minimal dilution.
Sustainable IoT
As the founder of ShadyPower Technologies, he is developing a proprietary IoT platform focused on climate-sustainable outdoor living and work.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Advisory Board Member
HiLight Surgical
10-2025
Managing Principal
PMD Advisors
12-2024
Advisory Board Member
Detekt Biomedical & Design Group
7-2023
Founder
ShadyPower Technologies
1-2016
Executive Chairman (Emeritus) & Founder
Solful
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Education
1979 - 1981
MBA
The Wharton School
1973 - 1977
BA
University of Pennsylvania
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