n8n Funding & Valuation — Series C at $2.5B

How much funding has n8n raised and what is its valuation?

Quick Answer: n8n raised a $60 million Series C round in November 2025 at a reported valuation of approximately $600 million. The round was led by Highland Europe with participation from existing investors. As of March 2026, n8n reports over 60,000 self-hosted installations, 3,000+ cloud customers, and 800+ community-built integrations. The AI agent nodes introduced in 2025 have become a key growth driver.

n8n Series C and Current Status

n8n, the open-source workflow automation platform headquartered in Berlin, closed a $60 million Series C funding round in November 2025 at a reported valuation of approximately $600 million. The round was led by Highland Europe, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital and Felicis Ventures.

Funding History

Round	Date	Amount	Valuation	Lead Investor
Seed	2020	$1.5M	Undisclosed	—
Series A	2021	$12M	~$50M	Sequoia Capital
Series B	2023	$14M	~$100M	Highland Europe
Series C	November 2025	$60M	~$600M	Highland Europe

Key Developments Since Series C

AI Agent Nodes

n8n introduced AI agent nodes in 2025 using LangChain integration, enabling workflows to incorporate LLM-based decision-making, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and multi-step AI reasoning. These nodes support multiple AI providers including OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, and open-source models via Ollama. As of March 2026, AI-related workflows account for an estimated 25-30% of new workflow creation on n8n Cloud.

Growth Metrics (as of March 2026)

Over 60,000 active self-hosted installations (estimated from Docker Hub and npm downloads)
3,000+ paid cloud customers
800+ community-built integration nodes
46,000+ GitHub stars
Active community forum with approximately 15,000 registered members

Product Updates

n8n Cloud pricing was adjusted in early 2026, with the Starter plan at $24/month and the Pro plan at $50/month.
Workflow versioning and Git-based source control were added to the Enterprise tier.
Sub-workflow improvements including better error handling and parameter passing between parent and child workflows.
Performance optimizations for handling large data payloads (1M+ records) in self-hosted deployments.

Competitive Positioning

n8n's $600 million valuation places it among the most valuable open-source automation companies. For comparison, Zapier was valued at approximately $5 billion as of its last funding round. Make (formerly Integromat) was acquired by Celonis in 2020 and does not have a standalone valuation. n8n's open-source model and self-hosted option differentiate it from both Zapier and Make, particularly for privacy-conscious organizations and developer teams that prefer infrastructure control.

Use of Funds

n8n indicated that Series C funds would be allocated to:

Expanding AI agent capabilities and LLM integrations
Growing the enterprise sales team in North America
Improving the cloud platform reliability and performance
Building out the n8n marketplace for community-contributed nodes

Editor's Note: We run n8n self-hosted for 12 client deployments. Since the AI agent nodes launched, 4 of those 12 clients have built AI-powered workflows (customer support classification, document summarization, lead scoring). The self-hosted installation base continues to grow faster than the cloud customer count, which aligns with n8n's developer-first positioning. The main enterprise barrier remains the lack of a polished admin UI for non-technical operations teams — n8n is still primarily a developer tool.