SectorPoint Advisors

Your network gives you two or three names.

The operators who can run a lower middle market services business are already running one. They are not on the market, and they are not in the first three names your network produces.Finding them takes targeted, sector-specific outreach to people who are not looking.

Doing it yourself costs the time you do not have.

Sourcing PE-caliber leadership is its own workstream: mapping the niche, identifying who runs things well, and working people who are not looking toward a real conversation.Doing that internally, whether you're underwriting a deal or scaling a platform, pulls you off the work only you can do.

Traditional search firms aren't built for this market.

Retained firms are structured for larger companies: higher fees, longer timelines, and processes designed for corporate hires. Few move at the pace a deal or a scaling platform demands.SectorPoint was built for this stage, from searches run alongside diligence to leadership build-outs through the hold.

1. Define the operator profile

We build a detailed picture of the leader the business needs, shaped by your thesis, the sector, the growth stage, and the specific problems the role has to solve. Not a job description. We can start during diligence, so the leadership question informs the deal.

2. Map the market and go direct

We identify the companies where the right operators are already working and reach out directly. No job postings, no waiting for applicants. Targeted, sector-specific outreach to people who are not looking.

3. Vet hard, present few

Every candidate is screened for P&L ownership, team leadership, sector relevance, and fit with a founder-built business under sponsor ownership. You see 3-5 qualified operators, not a stack of 50 resumes.

4. Support through hire

We manage candidate communication, interview prep, and offer negotiation through a signed offer. Retained or success-only terms with a 6-month replacement guarantee.

Private Equity Sponsors
Placing operators into new platforms, during diligence or at close, so the leadership question is answered before you commit.

Independent Sponsors & Searchers
Aligning the right operator before close so the deal has leadership from day one.

Family Offices
Building leadership teams for permanent-hold and long-hold platforms, where the right hire has long-term alignment.

Portfolio Company CEOs
Building out the leadership bench with functional operators who fit the business and the plan.

Davis Dardaman, Founder

The operator is what makes a lower middle market deal work, and it is the hardest part to get right. In old school industries especially, founders are selling to retire. After twenty or thirty years running the business, there is rarely a groomed successor behind them. That gap stalls good deals and good businesses.I spent my career on the buy-side of that problem: before founding SectorPoint, I led 150+ human capital and commercial diligence engagements across 15+ PE sponsors in industrials, commercial, and business services.I started SectorPoint to close that gap directly. We help great businesses transition from founders to managers, sourcing the operators sponsors' theses depend on, often before the deal even closes.

Essential Services
Home, industrial, and infrastructure services: the technician-driven, asset-heavy business with local relationships.

B2B & Commercial Services
Route-based, recurring, and specialty services sold to businesses, including healthcare, logistics, and distribution.

Consumer Services
Multi-site and franchise concepts serving households and members, from health and wellness to automotive and pet.

Professional & Tech-Enabled Services
Expertise-driven and software-enabled service businesses moving from founder-led to professionally managed.