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Software company
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| Genre | Task automation |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Founder | Jan Oberhauser |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
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Worldwide |
| 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]
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]
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]
Later 2025 developments. Financial Times reported that n8n was in talks to raise >$100 million at a potential valuation above $1.5 billion, and cited around $40 million ARR; negotiations were not finalized at publication.[7]
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]
