Investments
31Portfolio Exits
17Partners & Customers
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iTWire Friday, 18 August 2023 09:52 SUSE to go private again, become unlisted Luxembourg entity Featured 0 SUSE chief executive Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen.Supplied German open source vendor SUSE has announced that its majority shareholder Marcel intends to take the company private by delisting it from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange through a merger into an unlisted Luxembourg entity. In a statement released on Thursday, the company said Marcel was a holding company controlled by fund entities that comprised EQT Private Equity which acquired SUSE in 2019. These, in turn, were managed and legally controlled by affiliates of EQT with its registered seat in Stockholm, Sweden. Marcel holds about 79% of the shares in SUSE. The statement said EQT intended to start a voluntary public purchase offer to other shareholders of SUSE to buy their shares prior to the delisting. The process is expected to be completed by October. SUSE, the company behind the oldest Linux distribution, was first bought by Novell in 2003. It was then acquired by Attachmate in 2010 and taken private, when the company bought Novell. In 2014, British mainframe company Micro Focus acquired SUSE from Attachmate along with the other properties that were part of Novell. The amount that Micro Focus earned from the SUSE sale — US$2.535 billion — was more than what it paid for Attachmate as a whole – US$2.35 billion. EQT's purchase of SUSE from Micro Focus was announced on 3 July 2018, making the company a standalone business once again. The deal was completed in March 2019. SUSE chief executive Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen commented: "I believe in the strategic opportunity of taking the company private – it gives us the right setting to grow the business and deliver on our strategy with the new leadership team in place. “EQT Private Equity’s and SUSE’s partnership in a private setting has been fruitful before and we are excited about the long-term potential of the company and our continued collaboration." Read 4 times It's all about Webinars. Marketing budgets are now focused on Webinars combined with Lead Generation. If you wish to promote a Webinar we recommend at least a 3 to 4 week campaign prior to your event. The iTWire campaign will include extensive adverts on our News Site itwire.com and prominent Newsletter promotion https://itwire.com/itwire-update.html and Promotional News & Editorial. Plus a video interview of the key speaker on iTWire TV https://www.youtube.com/c/iTWireTV/videos which will be used in Promotional Posts on the iTWire Home Page. Now we are coming out of Lockdown iTWire will be focussed to assisting with your webinars and campaigns and assistance via part payments and extended terms, a Webinar Business Booster Pack and other supportive programs. We can also create your adverts and written content plus coordinate your video interview. We look forward to discussing your campaign goals with you. Please click the button below.
Novell Investments
31 Investments
Novell has made 31 investments. Their latest investment was in Sendmail as part of their Series F on April 4, 2005.

Novell Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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4/12/2005 | Series F | Sendmail | $14M | No | ||
4/9/2002 | Series E | Sendmail | $14M | No | ||
9/20/2001 | Unattributed VC - III | Arcot Systems | $20M | No | Accel, Goldman Sachs, Novell, ONSET Ventures, and Oracle | |
9/12/2001 | Unattributed VC - III | |||||
4/12/2001 | Unattributed VC |
Date | 4/12/2005 | 4/9/2002 | 9/20/2001 | 9/12/2001 | 4/12/2001 |
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Round | Series F | Series E | Unattributed VC - III | Unattributed VC - III | Unattributed VC |
Company | Sendmail | Sendmail | Arcot Systems | ||
Amount | $14M | $14M | $20M | ||
New? | No | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | Accel, Goldman Sachs, Novell, ONSET Ventures, and Oracle | ||||
Sources |
Novell Portfolio Exits
17 Portfolio Exits
Novell has 17 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was SUSE on July 02, 2018.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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7/2/2018 | Acq - Fin | 5 | |||
11/15/2017 | Merger | 2 | |||
6/11/2014 | Acq - P2P - II | 1 | |||
Date | 7/2/2018 | 11/15/2017 | 6/11/2014 | ||
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Exit | Acq - Fin | Merger | Acq - P2P - II | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Novell Acquisitions
13 Acquisitions
Novell acquired 13 companies. Their latest acquisition was Managed Objects on November 07, 2008.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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11/7/2008 | Other Venture Capital | $25M | Acquired | |||
2/18/2008 | Other Venture Capital | $2.24M | Acquired | |||
2/13/2008 | Acquired | 1 | ||||
8/10/2007 | Other Venture Capital | |||||
8/6/2007 |
Date | 11/7/2008 | 2/18/2008 | 2/13/2008 | 8/10/2007 | 8/6/2007 |
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Investment Stage | Other Venture Capital | Other Venture Capital | Other Venture Capital | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Total Funding | $25M | $2.24M | |||
Note | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Sources | 1 |
Novell Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
Novell has 10 strategic partners and customers. Novell recently partnered with Lufthansa on September 9, 2017.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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9/1/2017 | Partner | Germany | Lufthansa Flight Training and Novell Partner to Ground Excess Flight Operating Costs. With Novell , Inc. technology and a Novell , Inc. partner , Lufthansa Training creates a real-time , paperless cockpit solution to help LTU International Airways save more than $ 1 million a yearNovell Resource Management solution automates identity-based distribution of content and applications to flight crews with ZENworks technology . | 1 | |
9/1/2017 | Partner | United States | Siebel Systems , Inc. , a leading provider of customer-facing solutions , and Novell , Inc. , a leading provider of infrastructure software and services , today announced that they have extended their partnership to provide support for Siebel Systems , Inc. business applications on Novell , Inc. 's SUSE Linux 9 . | 1 | |
1/10/2014 | Client | United Kingdom | Peter Ridley , finance and informatics director of the NHS trust , said the Royal Surrey County Hospital has signed a multi-year deal for ZENworks because it was having trouble with the Microsoft system . | 1 | |
10/9/2013 | Partner | ||||
11/29/2011 | Partner |
Date | 9/1/2017 | 9/1/2017 | 1/10/2014 | 10/9/2013 | 11/29/2011 |
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Type | Partner | Partner | Client | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | Germany | United States | United Kingdom | ||
News Snippet | Lufthansa Flight Training and Novell Partner to Ground Excess Flight Operating Costs. With Novell , Inc. technology and a Novell , Inc. partner , Lufthansa Training creates a real-time , paperless cockpit solution to help LTU International Airways save more than $ 1 million a yearNovell Resource Management solution automates identity-based distribution of content and applications to flight crews with ZENworks technology . | Siebel Systems , Inc. , a leading provider of customer-facing solutions , and Novell , Inc. , a leading provider of infrastructure software and services , today announced that they have extended their partnership to provide support for Siebel Systems , Inc. business applications on Novell , Inc. 's SUSE Linux 9 . | Peter Ridley , finance and informatics director of the NHS trust , said the Royal Surrey County Hospital has signed a multi-year deal for ZENworks because it was having trouble with the Microsoft system . | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Novell Team
41 Team Members
Novell has 41 team members, including current Chief Technology Officer, Moiz Kohari.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Moiz Kohari | Chief Technology Officer | Current | |
Name | Moiz Kohari | ||||
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Work History | |||||
Title | Chief Technology Officer | ||||
Status | Current |
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