Standard Fund I
The institutional consolidator of North American
broadband & telecommunications infrastructure.
Essential infrastructure — still radically fragmented.
Thousands of subscale, owner-operated broadband networks sit on top of the largest public broadband build-out in U.S. history. Consolidation is the obvious next act — and almost no one is executing it at institutional scale.
Four tailwinds converging at once.
We buy, build, and hold.
Standard acquires proven regional operators and integrates them into a single, national broadband platform — combining subscale networks into an institutional-grade business with real pricing power, shared infrastructure, and durable cash flow.
A repeatable buy-and-build engine.
Source
Proprietary pipeline of owner-operated networks seeking succession.
Acquire
Disciplined diligence and structuring — grants, USF, and consents cleared.
Integrate
100-day plans, shared procurement, unified billing and NOC.
Grow
Fiber conversion, footprint expansion, and margin compounding.
Our unfair advantage is software.
Archimedes is the proprietary AI operating system we built to run the firm — twelve specialized agents working every deal, around the clock.
Fiber, fixed-wireless, and a connected backbone.
We own the physical layer of the internet — buried fiber, licensed spectrum, and towers — and knit regional operators into one nationally-scaled, globally-connected network.
Fiber to the home
High-margin, future-proof FTTH assets — the terminal technology for fixed broadband.
Spectrum & towers
Licensed spectrum and tower networks reaching rural markets fiber can't economically serve.
Connected backbone
Interconnected transit and peering — local networks plugged into the global internet.
Regional networks, illuminated into one.
Every operator we acquire lights up as a node in a single, coordinated national platform.
Three networks. One platform.
Fund I's first program combines three coordinated acquisitions into a national independent-broadband platform — two protected rural incumbents and one urban growth operator.
A balanced base of rural durability and urban growth.
Rural Fiber Cooperative
- Subscribers
- 29K+
- Revenue (est.)
- ~$66M
- EBITDA (est.)
- ~$23.1M
- Grants awarded
- $50M+
Fiber + Fixed-Wireless
- Subscribers
- 50K+
- Revenue (est.)
- ~$40M
- EBITDA (est.)
- ~$14M
- Network
- 368 towers
Urban Growth ISP
- Subscribers
- 10K+
- Revenue (est.)
- ~$10M
- EBITDA (est.)
- ~$3.5M
- Model
- MDU + B2B
Operator identities withheld — available under NDA in the data room.
~35% blended EBITDA margin at close.
A live, proprietary deal-flow funnel.
Beyond the founding platform, an active pipeline of sourced operators feeds the next phase of consolidation.
Eighteen months from diligence to integrated platform.
Three coordinated closings on one execution track — with integration starting the day the first deal funds.
$150M of the raise remains.
Final allocations are being finalized with a select group of institutional and family-office investors.
Operators, not spectators.
Standard is led by founders who have built, scaled, and sold broadband networks — investing as owners and operators.
Addiel Lopez
Two-time telecommunications founder who built and scaled Sling Broadband and Skybridge Wireless. Leads Standard’s strategy, operations, and acquisition program — pairing hands-on network expertise with disciplined capital allocation.
Marcus Thompson
CFA charterholder and MIT-trained operator leading capital acquisition, strategic finance, and business development. Background spans fiscal policy, infrastructure finance, and asset management.
Build the permanent home for
North American broadband.
Request an allocation or the full data room, available to qualified investors under NDA.