Cylib
cylib GmbH is a new company that recycles batteries completely. The efficient, resource- and climate-friendly recovery of all useful components from a battery pack to a cell level characterises cylib's proprietary end-to-end process. The cylib process is accompanied with lower CO2 emissions as a result of the method created via years of study at RWTH Aachen University. Paul Sabarny, Dr. Ing. Gideon Schwich, and Lilian Schwich, the company's CEO, created it in Aachen in 2022. (COO)
cylib GmbH is a new company that recycles batteries completely. The efficient, resource- and climate-friendly recovery of all useful components from a battery pack to a cell level characterises cylib's proprietary end-to-end process. The cylib process is accompanied with lower CO2 emissions as a result of the method created via years of study at RWTH Aachen University. Paul Sabarny, Dr. Ing. Gideon Schwich, and Lilian Schwich, the company's CEO, created it in Aachen in 2022. (COO)
Cylib has raised $86.4M across 3 rounds. Its most recent round was a Series Unknown of $74.3M in Dec 2025. Full funding history, investors, and team are detailed below.
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