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cylib expands leadership team

Aachen, April 24, 2025 – The Aachen-based company for sustainable battery recycling, cylib, is strengthening its leadership team with two distinguished experts from the battery industry. This step represents a significant milestone on the path to industrial scaling at the Dormagen site.

cylib expands leadership team

Aachen, April 24, 2025 – The Aachen-based company for sustainable battery recycling, cylib, is strengthening its leadership team with two distinguished experts from the battery industry. This step represents a significant milestone on the path to industrial scaling at the Dormagen site.

Webasto and cylib enter into a sustainable partnership for the future

The top 100 automotive supplier and the recycling scale-up from Aachen will be working together. The cooperation turns today's used batteries into tomorrow's urgently needed raw materials.

cylib receives two-digit Million-Euro grant commitment for FOAK facility

Dormagen, November 15, 2024 – cylib GmbH has received a two-digit million Euro grant funding commitment from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection, and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia for the establishment of FOAK (first-of-a-kind) battery recycling plant.

'Made in Germany': Battery recycler cylib to scale strategic critical raw material production for Europe

Sustainable end-to-end battery recycling firm cylib today breaks ground on its first European industrial plant located at Currenta’s Chempark Dormagen in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. One year after the commissioning of its pilot line in Aachen, cylib is marking the start of its industrial scaling with the groundbreaking ceremony, which was attended by North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister-President Hendrik Wüst.

cylib closes €55M Series A for industrial scaling

Sustainable end-to-end battery recycling firm cylib closes €55 million Series A funding round co-lead by World Fund and Porsche Ventures to scale production capacities to an industrial level

cylib's project "AuBa@C" is recommended for funding as part of the "Grüne Gründungen.NRW" funding competition

cylib's project proposal "AuBa@C - Automation of Battery Disassembly using Advanced Hardware and Software for Battery Recycling" is recommended for funding

cylib commissions battery recycling pilot plant in Aachen, Germany

Unique benchmark technology in battery recycling commissioned - cylib inaugurates pilot plant in Aachen, Germany

Norrsken "Impact/100": cylib listed among the 100 best impact start-ups worldwide

Non-profit foundation, Norrsken and partners place cylib on their 2023 "Impact/100" list

cylib closes €8M Seed extension

Battery recycling startup cylib raises €8m Seed extension round to accelerate plans for new recycling factory. The extension round is led by World Fund, Europe’s leading climate tech investor, with participation from 10x Founders and existing investors VSquared Ventures and Speedinvest, bringing the total amount raised in the Seed round to €11.6 million.

"The Ideation Program at RWTH Innovation was ideal for us."

Cylibs CEO Lilian Schwich and CTO Paul Sabarny in the interview with Exzellenz Start-Up Center NRW about the founding of their start-up and the support of RWTH Aachen University

Handelsblatt article on cylib's Seed financing round

The German business newspaper Handelsblatt with an exclusive story about cylib's seed financing round and Co-Founder Lilian Schwich

Key note on the Bits & Pretzels main stage

5000 attendees, 500 speakers, 300 exhibitors - cylib CEO Lilian Schwich had a key note at this years Bits & Pretzels and talked about how to turn "take, make, waste" into circular economy

German newspaper Aachener Zeitung covers cylib

The German newspaper Aachener Zeitung covers cylib's seed financing round

cylib closes €3.6M Seed round to revolutionize battery recycling

RWTH Aachen University spin-off cylib receives a €3.6 million capital injection to make the recycling of lithium-ion batteries more efficient and environmentally friendly. With its unique technology, cylib will enable a true circular economy.

Webasto and cylib enter into a sustainable partnership for the future

The top 100 automotive supplier and the recycling scale-up from Aachen will be working together. The cooperation turns today's used batteries into tomorrow's urgently needed raw materials.

Webasto and cylib enter into a sustainable partnership for the future

The top 100 automotive supplier and the recycling scale-up from Aachen will be working together. The cooperation turns today's used batteries into tomorrow's urgently needed raw materials.

cylib commissions battery recycling pilot plant in Aachen, Germany

Unique benchmark technology in battery recycling commissioned - cylib inaugurates pilot plant in Aachen, Germany

cylib expands leadership team

Aachen, April 24, 2025 – The Aachen-based company for sustainable battery recycling, cylib, is strengthening its leadership team with two distinguished experts from the battery industry. This step represents a significant milestone on the path to industrial scaling at the Dormagen site.

cylib expands leadership team

Aachen, April 24, 2025 – The Aachen-based company for sustainable battery recycling, cylib, is strengthening its leadership team with two distinguished experts from the battery industry. This step represents a significant milestone on the path to industrial scaling at the Dormagen site.

cylib receives two-digit Million-Euro grant commitment for FOAK facility

Dormagen, November 15, 2024 – cylib GmbH has received a two-digit million Euro grant funding commitment from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection, and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia for the establishment of FOAK (first-of-a-kind) battery recycling plant.

'Made in Germany': Battery recycler cylib to scale strategic critical raw material production for Europe

Sustainable end-to-end battery recycling firm cylib today breaks ground on its first European industrial plant located at Currenta’s Chempark Dormagen in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. One year after the commissioning of its pilot line in Aachen, cylib is marking the start of its industrial scaling with the groundbreaking ceremony, which was attended by North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister-President Hendrik Wüst.

cylib closes €55M Series A for industrial scaling

Sustainable end-to-end battery recycling firm cylib closes €55 million Series A funding round co-lead by World Fund and Porsche Ventures to scale production capacities to an industrial level

cylib's project "AuBa@C" is recommended for funding as part of the "Grüne Gründungen.NRW" funding competition

cylib's project proposal "AuBa@C - Automation of Battery Disassembly using Advanced Hardware and Software for Battery Recycling" is recommended for funding

Norrsken "Impact/100": cylib listed among the 100 best impact start-ups worldwide

Non-profit foundation, Norrsken and partners place cylib on their 2023 "Impact/100" list

cylib closes €8M Seed extension

Battery recycling startup cylib raises €8m Seed extension round to accelerate plans for new recycling factory. The extension round is led by World Fund, Europe’s leading climate tech investor, with participation from 10x Founders and existing investors VSquared Ventures and Speedinvest, bringing the total amount raised in the Seed round to €11.6 million.

"The Ideation Program at RWTH Innovation was ideal for us."

Cylibs CEO Lilian Schwich and CTO Paul Sabarny in the interview with Exzellenz Start-Up Center NRW about the founding of their start-up and the support of RWTH Aachen University

Handelsblatt article on cylib's Seed financing round

The German business newspaper Handelsblatt with an exclusive story about cylib's seed financing round and Co-Founder Lilian Schwich

Key note on the Bits & Pretzels main stage

5000 attendees, 500 speakers, 300 exhibitors - cylib CEO Lilian Schwich had a key note at this years Bits & Pretzels and talked about how to turn "take, make, waste" into circular economy

German newspaper Aachener Zeitung covers cylib

The German newspaper Aachener Zeitung covers cylib's seed financing round

cylib closes €3.6M Seed round to revolutionize battery recycling

RWTH Aachen University spin-off cylib receives a €3.6 million capital injection to make the recycling of lithium-ion batteries more efficient and environmentally friendly. With its unique technology, cylib will enable a true circular economy.

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