Cylib: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
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 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $74.3M announced in Dec 2025.
That round is above the $15M median round size for Energy companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Cylib Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Dec 2025.
Cylib Funding Rounds
Cylib raised $3.5M in a Seed announced in Oct 2022.
4 months later, a Seed of $8.6M was announced in Feb 2023.
2.8 years later, an undisclosed round of $74.3M was announced in Dec 2025.
Cylib Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Cylib team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file.
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Cylib's latest round of $74.3M is above the median round in Energy. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Cylib Funding FAQs
What does Cylib do?
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)
How much funding has Cylib raised?
Cylib has raised $86.4M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $74.3M announced in Dec 2025.
When did Cylib last raise funding?
Cylib's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $74.3M, announced in Dec 2025.
Who founded Cylib?
FundedIQ lists Gideon Schwich (Founder) at Cylib.
Who is the CEO of Cylib?
Lilian Schwich is listed as CEO at Cylib.
Where is Cylib headquartered?
Cylib is based in Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
How many employees does Cylib have?
Cylib is in the 1-10 employee band.
How does Cylib's funding compare to other Energy startups?
Cylib's latest round of $74.3M is above the $15M median round size for Energy companies on FundedIQ across 2,284 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Cylib Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Cylib is left off this page rather than filled in.
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