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National Instruments
Turning powerful possibilities into real solutions with our open, software-defined platform for automated test and automated measurement systems
About National Instruments
NI specializes in providing application software and programming environments tailored for electronic test and instrumentation. Serving industries such as semiconductor, transportation, aerospace, defense, government, electronics, energy, and academic research, NI offers solutions that help standardize test approaches, reduce costs, and save time. The company generates revenue through software suites, programming environments, and add-ons for data acquisition, control, and wireless design and test. NI's business model focuses on creating industry-specific solutions, offering repair services, calibration scheduling, and technical support, often requiring a valid service agreement. Key products include oscilloscopes, digital instruments, frequency counters, power supplies, and custom instruments, all designed to support ambitious engineering projects from design to test.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Listed
- Founded
- 1976
- Headquarters
- Austin, United States
- Listing
- IPO 1995
- Employees
- 8,100
- Open positions
- 5
- Dealroom signal
- 26.7/100
- Industry
- Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment
- Sector
- Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment, Embedding Technology, Autonomous Mobility, Prototype, AB Testing, Space Tech, ESA, AV Simulation, ESA Navisp, Horizon Europe
- Technology
- Hardware
- Client focus
- b2b
- Investment activity
- 12 companies, latest Mar 2023
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITION✓Exit | Oct 2023 | $8.7B | $8.7B | Emerson Electric | ↗ |
| GRANTOther financing | Aug 2014 | $60K | — | Ontario Centre of Innovation | — |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for National Instruments is 1.4M monthly website visits, down 22.2% over the last three months. National Instruments's team grew 0% over the past year.
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed1 investor entered at this stage
Ontario Centre of Innovation
Other known investors2 additional known investors
Emerson Electric
Rebecca Geier
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