Funding rounds
Announced	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors	Other investors	Confidence
Dec 19, 2025	Grant	~$74.2M	—	German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (formerly BMWK)	—	Reported
Sep 24, 2025	Grant	~$30.6M	—	—	—	Confirmed
May 15, 2024	Series A	~$59.5M	—	Porsche Investments Management S.A., World Fund	10x Founders, Bosch Ventures, Speedinvest, Vsquared Ventures	Reported
Feb 15, 2023	Seed	~$8.6M	—	World Fund	10x Founders, Speedinvest, Vsquared Ventures	Reported
Oct 14, 2022	Seed	~$3.5M	—	—	Speedinvest, Vsquared Ventures	Reported

Grant
Led by German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (formerly BMWK)
~$74.2M
Dec 19, 2025
Grant
Confirmed
~$30.6M
Sep 24, 2025
Series A
Led by Porsche Investments Management S.A., World Fund
With 10x Founders, Bosch Ventures, Speedinvest, Vsquared Ventures
~$59.5M
May 15, 2024
Seed
Led by World Fund
With 10x Founders, Speedinvest, Vsquared Ventures
~$8.6M
Feb 15, 2023
Seed
With Speedinvest, Vsquared Ventures
~$3.5M
Oct 14, 2022

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems2

cygraphGraphite material recovered from end-of-life batteries; additional grades are planned.
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Website ↗
cyliumLithium material product recovered through cylib’s battery-recycling process.
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Website ↗

Systems
System	Type	Maturity	Program
cygraphGraphite material recovered from end-of-life batteries; additional grades are planned.	Other	—	Website ↗
cyliumLithium material product recovered through cylib’s battery-recycling process.	Other	—	Website ↗

Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.

Capabilities1

Capabilities
Technology	Role	Maturity	TRL	Notes	Confidence
Advanced manufacturing and materials	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Recycles batteries and recovers metals hydrometallurgically; the battery and metals work is energy-storage related, and no defense use is stated.	Reported

Advanced manufacturing and materials
Developer
classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Recycles batteries and recovers metals hydrometallurgically; the battery and metals work is energy-storage related, and no defense use is stated.
—Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People3

All 3 people →

People
Person	Role
Gideon Schwich · LinkedIn ↗	Co-CEO & Co-Founder
Lilian Schwich · LinkedIn ↗	Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Paul Sabarny	Co-Founder

Sources13

Show all 13 sources and supporting evidence

Profile4

1
DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "Germany", "hq_iso2": "DE", "id": "73010ace-69c5-44a6-be1c-09f132417ec8"}”
2
Companycylib | Next generation battery recycling
Cylib · Supports Organization · description, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · name, Organization · website
“The cylib process transfers waste from end of life batteries or production scrap into marketable products. Cylib covers all steps from the discharging of batteries up to hydrometallurgical extraction.”
3
Databasecylib company profile
Octen Business Search · Supports Organization · employee range
“employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 51-200 employees)”
4
DatabaseCylib - Owler company profile
Owler · Supports Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city
“founded_year: 2022”

Systems1

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Companycylib | Products
Cylib · Supports System
“cylium® is cylib's high-purity lithium product, recovered using our proprietary water-based technology. We extract lithium carbonate and other lithium compounds with minimal environmental impact, demonstrating our commitment to sustainable battery recycling.”

Funding7

6
NewsGermany funds battery production in coal regions
electrive · Dec 19, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Cylib has secured €63.4 million in funding to finance the second expansion phase of its facility in Dormagen”
7
CompanyMajor milestone - cylib
LinkedIn (cylib) · Sep 24, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“cylib officially receives a €26.1 million non-dilutive grant”
8
NewsBudding battery recycler Cylib raises 55 million euros
electrive · May 15, 2024 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“The financing round was led by World Fund and Porsche Ventures.”
9
NewsGerman Battery Recycling Startup Cylib Raises $8.5 Million in Funding
Mercom India · Feb 20, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount
“has announced that it has raised €8 million”
10
NewsSeed-Finanzierung von cylib wächst
Battery-News · Feb 16, 2023 · Supports Funding round
“Seed-Finanzierungsrunde von Oktober 2022”
11
CompanyEUR 55 million financing round for end-to-end battery recycler cylib
FYB Financial Yearbook · Supports Funding round
“cylib closes its Series A”
12
NewsCylib raises money
Startbase · Supports Funding round · amount
“has completed a seed financing round and raised a total of 3.6 million euros”

People1

13
DatabaseCylib - Crunchbase company profile
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · hq city, Role
“hq_city: Aachen”

Each fact on this page is attached to the sources that support it. Archived copies are linked when we keep one.

Funding5 rounds · ~$71.6M