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Hyatt Hotels Corporation Acquires Standard International

August 21, 2024

Restaurants & Hospitality

Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced it will acquire the brands and most affiliates of Standard International, the parent company of The Standard and Bunkhouse Hotels, forming a new dedicated lifestyle group headquartered in New York City. The asset-light transaction covers management, franchise and license contracts for 21 open hotels (about 2,000 rooms) and includes a $150 million base purchase price with up to $185 million of contingent consideration.

PaperWorks Acquires The Standard Group

June 23, 2023

Packaging

PaperWorks Industries Inc. has completed the acquisition of The Standard Group, a custom printed paperboard packaging converter with a manufacturing facility in Louisville, Kentucky. The deal adds ~120 employees and expands PaperWorks' integrated folding carton footprint and vertical integration across North America; PaperWorks is PE-backed (Gamut Capital Management).

Wolters Kluwer Acquires StandardFusion

January 9, 2026

Cloud & SaaS

Wolters Kluwer's Corporate Performance & ESG division has acquired StandardFusion, a Vancouver-based cloud GRC provider, for approximately €32 million (~$50 million) in cash. StandardFusion (about 40 employees) will be integrated into Wolters Kluwer's TeamMate audit and assurance platform to create a unified audit and GRC offering; the business generated roughly €4M (C$6M / ~$6M) in unaudited 2024 gross revenue, ~94% recurring.

New Charter Technologies Acquires Orchestrate AI Labs

February 10, 2025

IT Services

New Charter Technologies, a portfolio company of Oval Partners, has acquired Orchestrate AI Labs, an AI-integration startup focused on bringing frontier AI models into managed-service (MSP) delivery. As part of the deal, Orchestrate AI co-founder Ryan Barton joins New Charter as Chief Innovation Officer to lead AI-driven capability expansion across New Charter's MSP services.

Standard AI Acquires Pathr.ai

January 9, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

Standard AI has acquired Pathr.ai, a spatial intelligence startup that analyzes in-store movement and behavior, bringing Pathr.ai’s founder and several team members into Standard AI’s engineering organization. The deal expands Standard AI’s computer-vision and spatial analytics capabilities to accelerate enterprise retail deployments and global expansion.

Education Advanced Acquires Standard for Success

May 18, 2022

Education

Education Advanced, Inc. (a Serent Capital portfolio company) has acquired Indiana-based Standard for Success, an education evaluation and feedback software provider. The deal expands EAI’s K-12 product suite—adding teacher evaluation, educator growth, graduation tracking and related subscription software—and increases combined reach to over 5 million students in more than 10,000 schools.