Company:N8n
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry |
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| Genre | Task automation |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Founder | Jan Oberhauser |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Owner | n8n GmbH |
| Website | n8n |
n8n (pronounced "n-eight-n") is a workflow automation platform developed by n8n GmbH, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The software provides a visual, node-based editor for building automations and supports both self-hosting and a managed cloud service.[1]
Overview
n8n describes its licensing as fair-code, with the code published under the company’s Sustainable Use License (SUL). The SUL allows use, modification, and redistribution with specific limitations (for example, restricting use to internal business purposes). n8n adopted the SUL in March 2022, replacing its prior Apache-2.0 + Commons Clause model.[2]
History
Founding (2019). n8n was created by Jan Oberhauser; the company is based in Berlin.[3]
Seed (Mar 2020). n8n raised $1.5 million in seed funding co-led by Sequoia Capital and firstminute capital.[4]
Series A (Apr 2021). n8n raised $12 million led by Felicis Ventures, with participation from Sequoia, firstminute, and Harpoon.[5]
Series B (Mar 2025). n8n closed a €55 million (≈$60 million) round led by Highland Europe, joined by HV Capital and prior investors. TechCrunch reported an implied valuation “in the region of €250–300 million.” Company communications at the time cited 200,000+ active users (and growth milestones).[6]
Series C (Oct 2025). n8n raised $180 million bringing the company’s valuation to $2.5 billion; led by Accel with participation from Sequoia, Visionaries Club, and Nvidia’s NVentures. The round was led by Accel, with participation from Meritech, Redpoint, Evantic, Visionaries Club, NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm), and T.Capital (Deutsche Telekom’s venture arm). Previous investors including Felicis Ventures, Sequoia, Highland Europe, and HV Capital also participated in follow-on investments.[7]
Technology
n8n is implemented in Node.js and TypeScript. Workflows are modeled as directed graphs of nodes. For scale-out execution, queue mode runs worker processes that consume jobs from a broker; documentation and environment variables for this mode are provided for self-hosted deployments.[8]
References
- ↑ "n8n Press | Automate without limits" (in en). https://n8n.io/press/.
- ↑ "Sustainable Use License | n8n Docs". https://docs.n8n.io/sustainable-use-license/?utm_source=chatgpt.com.
- ↑ "N8n - 2025 Company Profile & Team - Tracxn" (in en). 21 September 2025. https://tracxn.com/d/companies/n8n/__J5xwUZ9C29t7Du-yVvv0S99EWc7s69t2NGt5YmhQG0A.
- ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (13 March 2020). "n8n, a 'fair code' workflow automation platform, raises seed from Sequoia as VC firm steps up in Europe" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/13/n8n-a-fair-code-workflow-automation-platform-raises-seed-from-sequoia-as-vc-firm-steps-up-in-europe/.
- ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (26 April 2021). "n8n raises $12M for its 'fair code' approach to low-code workflow automation" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/26/n8n-raises-12m-for-its-fair-code-approach-to-low-code-workflow-automation/.
- ↑ Lahoti, Abhishek (24 March 2025). "n8n raises €55 million led by Highland Europe to transform workflow automation for technical teams by unifying AI, code, and human building blocks" (in en). https://www.highlandeurope.com/n8n-raises-e55-million-from-highland-europe-to-transform-workflow-automation-for-technical-teams-by-unifying-ai-code-and-human-building-blocks/.
- ↑ Chesnokova, Sofia (2025-10-09). "n8n hits $2.5 billion valuation after $180 million Series C round, set to disrupt workflow automation with AI — TFN" (in en-US). https://techfundingnews.com/n8n-raises-180m-series-c-2-5-billion-valuation-automation-ai/.
- ↑ "Configuring queue mode | n8n Docs". https://docs.n8n.io/hosting/scaling/queue-mode/?utm_source=chatgpt.com.
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