Apheris AI GmbH

Based in Berlin, Germany, and founded in 2019 by CEO Robin Rohm and Michael Höh, Apheris AI GmbH operates as a software company that focuses on providing a platform that creates collaborative data ecosystems, enabling organizations to build machine learning models and perform analytics across distributed data without compromising security or privacy. In January 2025, Apheris AI GmbH raised USD 8. 25 million in series A funding co-led by returning investors OTB Ventures and eCAPITAL, with participation from other returning investors Octopus Investments and Heal Capital. Other unspecified investors also participated in the round.

The company's flagship product, the Apheris Compute Gateway, is a software agent that facilitates secure, governed, and private internal data collaboration, multi-party collaboration, and data partnerships. The platform allows users to connect to distributed data without moving it, facilitating safe model building from statistical queries to deep learning. In addition, the platform includes computational governance, providing control over data usage and a full audit trail. The platform also integrates with open-source Federation engines and standard machine learning tools to support various data types and models.