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n8n raises $12m Series A for its ‘fair-code’ workflow automation tool

Wie ein Berliner Gründer den berühmten US-Geldgeber Sequoia überzeugte

n8n, a ‘fair code’ workflow automation platform, raises seed from Sequoia as VC firm steps up in Europe

Zapier-Alternative zu Selberhosten: Das steckt hinter n8n

About n8n

n8n is a free and open node-based Workflow Automation Tool. It can be self-hosted, easily extended, and used with third party web applications or custom in-house tools to automate repetitive tasks. With n8n, for the first time, people can move beyond simple integrations to build multi-step workflows that combine both 3rd party APIs and your own internal tools to create easy to use automations that snap together all the pieces of what would otherwise be very complex, disconnected systems. n8n is headquartered in Berlin and was founded by Jan Oberhauser in 2019.

n8n leadership

Meet the team

Jan Oberhauser

CEO & Founder @ n8n

Before Jan created n8n, he worked for many years in multiple roles for different VFX companies worldwide creating effects for commercials, series, and feature films like Maleficent and Happy Feet Two. Part of his role was to improve and simplify the work of the artists by automation and that is where his passion for this field started.

David Roberts

VP of Product @ n8n

Serial tech entrepreneur (including founder of YC-funded startups) and former McKinsey Manager. David has all-around expertise in scaling business models, customer research, strategy and has an engineering backbone that has helped him prototype and ship many tech product.

Cornelius Suermann

VP of Engineering @ n8n

Clocking in over 15 years of software engineering experience, Cornelius is n8n’s go-to person for all things engineering. Having worked for notable names such as PayPal, foodora and Camunda, he specialises in cloud computing, Site Reliability Engineering and ensuring a product’s scalability. He also led multiple engineering teams.

Claudia Bates

VP of Operations @ n8n

Cambridge graduate with an extensive business background earned at top-level consultancy firm Roland Berger. More recently, Claudia was also involved in the startup world as an Interim GM for Expansion Partner where she worked with growth-stage startups such as DoorDash, BetterUp, and Boatsetter.

Guidelines

Our name

It is "n8n" with all lower case letters. It can either be pronounced "n eight n" or "nodemation".

While looking for a good name for the project with a free domain, Jan quickly realized that all the good ones he could think of were already taken. So, in the end, he chose nodemation. 'node-' in the sense that it uses a Node-View and that it uses Node.js and '-mation' for 'automation' which is what the project is supposed to help with. However, he did not like how long the name was and could not imagine writing something that long every time in the CLI. That is when he ended up on 'n8n'.

Brand assets

Make sure to use the official n8n brand assets for your publications.

Here you can access our brand folder with logos in different formats as well as product screenshots and press photos of our Founder & CEO - Jan.