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| Type | GmbH; company with limited liability[1] |
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| Industry |
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| Genre | Task automation |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Founder | Jan Oberhauser  |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
Area served | worldwide |
Key people | Jan Oberhauser (founder, CEO as of April 2021)[2] |
| Products | n8n automation platform |
| Website | n8n |
n8n (pronounced "n-eight-n", a contraction of "nodemation") is a workflow automation platform and the Berlin company, n8n GmbH, that develops it. Founded by Jan Oberhauser and first released publicly in 2019, n8n lets users build automations by wiring together applications, services and AI models in a visual, node-based editor, with the option to use custom JavaScript or Python.[3][2][4] It runs as a self-hosted application or as a managed cloud service, and has been described in coverage as a source-available alternative to hosted tools such as Zapier and Make.[2][5]
Overview
[edit]As of December 2025, the n8n company's platform was being reported effective at linking and integrating data and functions "between more than 350 established applications", with latitude to also engage custom services and apps used within client organizations.[2] Between its October 2019 launch and April 2021, the community of members—developers and “citizen developers”—using the platform had grown to approximately 16,000.[2]
History
[edit]n8n GmbH was founded in 2019 by Jan Oberhauser, in Berlin, and launched its first version of its eponymous platform in October of that year.[2][3][6] In March 2020, n8n raised $1.5 million in seed funding co-led by Sequoia Capital and firstminute capital.[3] n8n raised a further $12 million in a Series A round, in April 2021, led by Felicis Ventures, with participation from Sequoia, firstminute, and Harpoon.[2] In March 2025, n8n closed a €55 million (≈$60 million) Series B round led by Highland Europe, joined by HV Capital and prior investors.[7]
In October 2025, n8n raised $180 million in a Series C round, bringing the company’s valuation to $2.5 billion; the round was led by Accel with participation from:
- Sequoia;
- Visionaries Club;
- Nvidia’s NVentures;
- Meritech Capital Partners;
- Redpoint Ventures;
- Evantic; and
- Deutsche Telekom’s T. Capital.[8]
Previous investors, including Felicis Ventures, Sequoia, Highland Europe, and HV Capital also participated in follow-on investments.[8]
Platform
[edit]n8n is built on Node.js and TypeScript and presents automations as a visual editor in which users connect "nodes", each representing an application, service or operation, into a workflow.[5][9] Where the visual nodes fall short, users can write JavaScript or Python in a code node.[4][10] Coverage in 2025 put the number of integrations in the several hundreds, with cited figures ranging from about 400 to more than 1,000.[4][10]
Technology
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- McFeetors, Jason & Pant, Tanay (February 2022). Rapid Product Development with n8n (PDF). Birmingham, England: n8n (imprint)-Packt Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-80181-736-3. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
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References
[edit]- ↑ GmbH abbreviates Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, which literally means, "Company with limited Liability". See Müller, Klaus J. (2006). The GmbH: A Guide to the German Limited Liability Company (3rd, illustr. ed.). Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands: Kluwer Law International—Wolters-Kluwer. ISBN 9789041124449. Retrieved 21 November 2025. See also, GTAI Staff (4 March 2021). "Establishing a Company: Company Forms—Limited Liability Company (GmbH)". GTAI Investment Guide to Germany. Berlin, Germany: Germany Trade and Investment (GTAI). Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lunden, Ingrid (26 April 2021). "n8n Raises $12M for its 'Fair Code' Approach to Low-Code Workflow Automation". TechCrunch (TechCrunch.com). Retrieved 21 November 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 3 Lunden, Ingrid (13 March 2020). "n8n, A 'Fair Code' Workflow Automation Platform, Raises Seed From Sequoia as VC Firm Steps up in Europe". TechCrunch (TechCrunch.com). Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- 1 2 3 Crochet-Damais, Antoine (17 June 2025). "Comparatif des outils no code d'automatisation : n8n se détache". Journal du Net (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- 1 2 Rixecker, Kim (10 October 2019). "Zapier-Alternative zu Selberhosten: Das steckt hinter n8n". t3n Magazin (in German). Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ Tracxn.com Staff (21 September 2025). "N8n-2025 Company Profile & Team". Tracxn.com. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ↑ 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". Highland Europe. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 Chesnokova, Sofia (9 October 2025). "n8n Hits $2.5 billion Valuation After $180 Million Series C Round, Set to Disrupt Workflow Automation with AI". Tech Funding News. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ↑ "n8n : un outil open source de workflow automation". Journal Du Net (in French). 1 March 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- 1 2 "n8n vs. Zapier: Which Automation Tool is Right For You?". Datacamp. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "How Can N8N, Node.js & PHP 8.2 Enable Intelligent Automation?". Inceptive - Product Engineering | Digital Transformation | IT Services. 11 September 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2026.