Apheris provides governed, private, and secure access to data for machine learning and analytics, targeting the life sciences sector. Its core product, the Apheris Compute Gateway, ensures only approved computations can be launched on sensitive data and enables federation across organizational boundaries. The gateway allows ML-powered insights without centralizing data while maintaining compliance with data privacy, security, and governance obligations. The company was co-founded by Robin Röhm (CEO) and Michael Höh (CTO) and is based in Berlin, Germany. Apheris raised $20.8M in a Series A round and intends to use the proceeds to expand operations and development efforts. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article. Apheris provides a platform for creating collaborative data ecosystems that lets multiple organizations extract value from each other’s decentralized data sets. The platform is designed to help partners overcome regulatory, technical and commercial challenges when sharing or analyzing data. The company says it will use the new funding to further develop its technology and expand its roster of customers and partners. Customers and partners named in the article include BASF, Boston Consulting Group, BMW Group and JLABS. Financially, Apheris completed a €8.7M Seed extension in August 2022. The company was founded in 2019 by Robin Röhm and Michael Höh and is based in Berlin. Apheris provides a privacy-preserving data platform that applies decentralised computing, federated learning and cryptographic protocols to protect data in low- or zero-trust environments. Its platform is used by international customers for drug discovery, new product R&D and supply chain optimisation across pharmaceutical, chemical, telecommunications and manufacturing sectors. The company plans to use the new funds to hire engineers, R&D data scientists and customer success staff and to address new industry use cases. Apheris was founded in January 2019 and is based in Berlin. The team comprises ten PhDs, data scientists and engineers with domain expertise. The company is already profitable and working with leading enterprise customers.

Total raised

$32M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jan 2025