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Our team is composed of experienced corporate development and investment banking professionals with hundreds of deals in their collective background, alongside a skilled research team. We use proven methodologies and playbooks to help drive your growth.
We are deal-makers, passionate about finding the best possible outcomes for our clients—whether it’s the sale or purchase of a business, fundraising, or strategy design. Novell was started after its founder led a private equity-backed technology firm to 6x equity value growth in six years by acquiring several high-performing, undervalued assets.
Wanting to share this experience with more business leaders, Novell was created to offer a flexible outsourcing model that provides cost-effective, highly qualified resources to your deal team. With decades of experience in corporate development, investment banking, and strategy, we can’t wait to bring our expertise to your next challenge.
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Jonas N Olsen
Founder/CEO
Originally from Denmark, Jonas has spent the last 20 years living in California. With a background in management consulting, startups, and business development, he has spent the last decade in corporate development functions, focused M&A and innovation, and corporate strategy. In 2020, he founded Novell to focus on bringing a focused corporate development process to acquisitive corporations. Jonas also teaches Strategic Leadership at the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Education programs.
Noland Katter
Managing Director
Noland is the Managing Director at Novell Corporate Development, with over 15 years of experience in leading startups to market leadership in Silicon Valley and international markets. He specializes in guiding businesses from inception to successful exits, with a focus on cross-border M&As, partnerships, and capital market strategies in sectors like enterprise software, aerospace, and Industry 4.0. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business from Purdue University and has a strong background in investment banking and corporate finance.
Novell engages to lead or partner on corp dev function. Develop corp dev execution plan.
Strategy review with leadership team. Definition of M&A strategy.
Develop and refine the target pipeline. Analyze and engage targets and explore deals.
Manage deal process using proven templates, incl. valuation, negotiation, due diligence, legal agreements, etc.
Integration planning, driven by value creation keys. Develop integration playbook customized to acquirer.
Novell engages to lead or partner on corp dev function. Develop corp dev execution plan.
Strategy review with leadership team. Definition of M&A strategy.
Develop and refine the target pipeline. Analyze and engage targets and explore deals.
Manage deal process using proven templates, incl. valuation, negotiation, due diligence, legal agreements, etc.
Integration planning, driven by value creation keys. Develop integration playbook customized to acquirer.
“We worked jointly with Novell to support a large enterprise customer with a strategic review of a specific market segment. Our work included market analysis, acquisition target review and strategy, financial analysis of potential targets, and valuation modeling. Novell did a great job supporting us and our client.”
“We have worked with Novell for several years, primarily on our corporate strategy, including reviewing our funding and long-term exit scenarios. Novell has also supported us with market analysis and partnership development. I can honestly say that they put their clients first in all of their interactions, and we can give them our highest recommendation.”
“When divesting our fleet management business, Novell did a great job researching the market and finding potential landing spots for this business unit. Ultimately, they negotiated a successful deal for us, and supported us throughout the project execution”.
“"As we, at Matternet, tried to understand how to best deploy our systems at scale, we brought in Novell to help us model different deployment scenarios and paths to scale," said Andreas Raptopoulos, CEO of Matternet. "Through their systems-thinking approach, they helped us develop new concepts for modelling our deployments and assessing our financial performance. I highly recommend Novell for their business acumen, strategic thinking and strong skills in financial modelling.”
"With their deep industry expertise, Novell was able to help us find a buyer for Qulsar's business of network timing system products. From developing a list of potential acquirers to engaging the market and, ultimately, negotiating an acceptable deal to sell the this business area and related technologies, Novell provided excellent transaction support from start to finish."
Novell advises on sale of Qulsar assets
Novell Corporate Development is happy to announce our support for the Qulsar, Inc. (www.qulsar.com) sale of assets to Viavi Solutions, Inc (www.viavisolutions.com). The asset purchase includes all Qulsar Systems Qg 2 variants and related development activities.
Novell support financial and deployment modeling for global leader in drone deliveries
At Matternet we design, build and operate drone delivery systems for the cities of the future. Over the last year, we’ve experienced an inflection point in the demand for our systems, driven by the need for fast and sustainable on-demand delivery in dense urban environments around the world.
Novell advises on acquisition of network timing business
Novell is pleased to announce that its client, Orolia (www.orolia.com), successfully acquired Spanish networking technology company Seven Solutions (https://www.orolia.com/orolia-completes-acquisition-of-seven-solutions/).
Sales of Orolia Fleet Management to MetOcean Telematics
Novell is pleased to announce that its client, Orolia (www.orolia.com), successfully divested its fleet management business to MetOcean Telematics (www.metocean.com).
Novell advises on sale of Qulsar assets
Novell Corporate Development is happy to announce our support for the Qulsar, Inc. (www.qulsar.com) sale of assets to Viavi Solutions, Inc (www.viavisolutions.com). The asset purchase includes all Qulsar Systems Qg 2 variants and related development activities.
Novell support financial and deployment modeling for global leader in drone deliveries
At Matternet we design, build and operate drone delivery systems for the cities of the future. Over the last year, we’ve experienced an inflection point in the demand for our systems, driven by the need for fast and sustainable on-demand delivery in dense urban environments around the world.
Novell advises on acquisition of network timing business
Novell is pleased to announce that its client, Orolia (www.orolia.com), successfully acquired Spanish networking technology company Seven Solutions (https://www.orolia.com/orolia-completes-acquisition-of-seven-solutions/).
Sales of Orolia Fleet Management to MetOcean Telematics
Novell is pleased to announce that its client, Orolia (www.orolia.com), successfully divested its fleet management business to MetOcean Telematics (www.metocean.com).
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