Strategic Investment: Avelios and SAP jointly define the Healthcare Platform of the Future

• SAP completes a strategic investment in Avelios – joining global investor Sequoia Capital – to accelerate its next phase of growth.
• As SAP ends support for its hospital system IS-H in several international markets, affected healthcare providers must rethink their core digital infrastructure. The investment provides clarity for this critical transition.
• Together, the partners deliver an AI-native, open, sovereign platform — built in Europe and designed for internationally scalable rollouts.

Munich, February 25, 2026 – Avelios Medical, provider of an AI-native hospital information system (HIS), receives a strategic investment from SAP – not only to replace SAP's legacy hospital system IS-H, but to define the next generation of healthcare technology together.

As SAP phases out support for IS-H in several markets, healthcare providers must reassess the digital backbone of their medical and administrative operations. For decades, IS-H has served as a core system for patient management, billing, and hospital workflows. Its sunset marks one of the most significant infrastructure transitions in healthcare IT in recent years.

Against this backdrop, SAP's investment in Avelios signals a clear path forward and reinforces the long-term commitment to a joint enterprise healthcare platform, following a successful partnership and comprehensive technical validation.

"With our investment in Avelios, we are creating the technological foundation for an open, sovereign platform for the healthcare industry," says Sebastian Steinhäuser, Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. "Together, we enable hospitals to operate a unified, data-driven infrastructure that supports modern care, more resilient processes, and AI-driven innovation."

Reliability for Hospitals & Operational Strength for International Rollouts

Avelios will invest the capital in its team, product, and delivery capabilities to expand operational capacity and support international enterprise-scale rollouts. As the world's leading provider of enterprise software, SAP provides access to a global ecosystem of implementation partners, technologies, and decades of experience in complex transformation programs — significantly accelerating Avelios' expansion.

"SAP's investment is a strong signal for the future of hospital digitization. Together, we are offering a platform that brings medical excellence and modern technology together. Our vision is hospital IT that reduces workload, unlocks the value of data, and accelerates innovation in care and research. With SAP at our side, we can take this transformation to a new dimension," says Christian Albrecht, co-founder of Avelios Medical.

An Open, AI-Native Platform – Built on Trusted, Secure Data Infrastructure

Avelios and SAP combine complementary strengths: medical process and data architecture on the one hand, and enterprise-level integration on the other. The result is an integrated platform that redefines hospital IT.

As an AI-native hospital information system (HIS), Avelios forms the core medical architecture of the platform. With its structured, semantically consistent data model, Avelios defines the basis for automation and the productive use of AI in everyday medical practice. Building on this foundation, Avelios and SAP develop intelligent solutions that orchestrate medical and business processes across systems – for example, using SAP Joule Agents in material and personnel resource planning.

The joint solution is based on an open platform architecture: cloud-native, modular, and internationally scalable – while clearly anchored in sovereign data management, governance, and compliance. This is not just a new IT solution, but a structural shift in digital healthcare infrastructure – backed by European technology and enterprise expertise that unites medical quality, economic efficiency, and technological innovation.

About Avelios

With its modular, AI-native hospital information system, Avelios Medical defines the foundation for the data-driven hospital of the future. Redesigned around medical requirements, the software reduces documentation effort and simplifies workflows. At its core is a structured data model that consistently enables interoperability and medical intelligence. AI agents orchestrate workflows, automate documentation, and connect patient data across the entire patient journey — from admission to billing. The modern, cloud-native microservice architecture ensures international scalability and flexibility at enterprise level while maintaining data sovereignty and regulatory security. The company was founded in 2020 by Christian Albrecht, Nicolas Jakob and Dr. Sebastian Krammer. For more information visit www.avelios.com.