We Help You to Help Homeowners in Crisis.
Together, we can build the most impactful company in the restoration industry.
At Guardian, we seek to protect protectors: to support the best local restoration providers and guard their legacies.
Jenny Sharpe
Dry Kings
Featured Founder
Jenny and Matthew Sharpe built Dry Kings in Novato, CA with the goal to provide the highest level of care in any catastrophic event. To restore livelihoods, one building at a time. With Jenny at the helm, excellence quickly became part of the Dry Kings culture: across training, service, and reputation.
Guardian seeks to help scale the very top providers so that every property owner can get the emergency help they need. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Dry Kings was that top provider—and Guardian has helped to scale that culture of excellence. Guardian helped Dry Kings to expand its operations, invest in new equipment, and recruit top tier talent. With Guardian, a great team can keep on winning while prioritizing a founder’s unique goals.
The combination of Guardian and Dry Kings creates opportunities that would otherwise not be achieved; we truly feel the union of Guardian and Dry Kings is 1 + 1 = 3.
- Jenny
Want to learn more about Dry Kings?
Visit their website here.
Why Guardian?
Our Goals
We strive to be the Employer of Choice
People are at the center of everything we do. We want our employees to spend their careers with us. We strive to provide meaningful training and career development opportunities for everyone in our organization, from technicians to managers. Together, we can continue to attract and develop the top talent that it takes to help people in a crisis.
We strive to be the Contractor of Choice
Taking care of the customer is our #1 objective. Each of our partner firms is committed to delivering the best possible service for customers in need. At Guardian, we aim to support the best customer experience by investing in technology and sharing best practices around estimation and documentation across our network of guardians.
We strive to be the Partner of Choice
We hope firms look back on partnering with Guardian as the best decision they ever made. Guardian exists to help restoration businesses scale while providing business owners the flexibility to do what they love. We will be a steward of owners’ legacies with an unwavering commitment to preserving culture/values and treating people right.
Our Values
Integrity
Compassion
Collaboration
Protection
Our Expertise
People
Everything we do is centered around people. We want to help you recruit, train, and maintain the very best people to help protect our communities in emergencies.
Processes
With the benefit of larger scale by pooling resources across our partner network, we facilitate access to the best-in-class tech products and backend tools.
Promotion
We want to promote the brand that you’ve built by growing and unlocking more lead channels through referral programs and marketing expertise.
Pooling Ideas
We’re all building this business together and will continuously collaborate, share best practices, and push each other to become bigger and better.
Guardian is backed by Alpine Investors, a leading, people-driven private equity firm. We have the financial backing, operational support, and resources of experienced residential services investors with a history of helping founder-backed businesses thrive.
Values Driven
Every Alpine investment is underpinned by a focus on people, culture, and values. At Guardian, we proudly embrace Alpine’s values of unwavering character, continuous improvement, and persistence.
Services Expertise
Alpine has excelled in residential and commercial services markets. Across 650+ investments since 2001, Alpine has built market leading businesses in HVAC and plumbing, roofing, engineering, and more—with the core focus on promoting long term growth.
Financial Support
Alpine has $16 billion in assets under management and is currently investing out of its 9th fund with $4.5 billion of committed capital.
Guardian: Your trusted partner to protect homes, legacies, and businesses.
