Native Instruments Receives Major Investment From Francisco Partners

Native Instruments, EMH Partners, and Francisco Partners announced an agreement where the Berlin-based music creation company will sell the majority of its shares to leading technology-specialized investment firm, Francisco Partners. Both EMH Partners and the founding shareholders will remain involved with NI as significant minority shareholders. The agreement was described as necessary to support a new expansion strategy for Native Instruments.

With the 30th anniversary of Cubase slowly coming to an end, after releasing Cubase Pro 10.5 and Cubase Artist 10.5, Steinberg also confirmed the availability of the more affordable Cubase Elements 10.5 package. Cubase 10.5 combines sophisticated audio/MIDI tools with many new, powerful tools, as well as an array of improvements to existing features. Cubase 10.5 also includes the new granular and spectral synthesizer, Padshop 2, a unique-sounding virtual instrument.