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🌍 cylib joins NRW Delegation to strengthen partnerships with Japan 🇯🇵 In October, cylib was honored to join a business delegation of NRW travelling to Japan, led by the Deputy Premier and Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. This mission underscores NRW’s commitment to strengthening ties with Japan’s economy, particularly in the automotive, battery, and energy sectors, all essential to building a sustainable, circular economy. 🔋 Participants included representatives of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, State Corporation representatives and selected companies. Represented by Dr. Gideon Schwich, Co-Founder and COO, cylib was met with an open and enthusiastic response from Japanese counterparts, with the agenda featuring visits to key Japanese and German automotive and industrial companies in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukushima. This exchange provided invaluable insights into how both regions can collaborate to advance sustainable innovation. 🇯🇵🇩🇪 cylib is deeply grateful for the opportunity to foster new connections and deepen existing partnerships within this vital ecosystem. We look forward to furthering our collaborative efforts as we drive cylib’s mission forward in partnership with NRW and Japan. NRW.Global Business Felix Neugart Tobias Traupel Diana Schueler Dr. Katharina Schubert Sarah Gonschorek Sugizaki Ryuji J. Dr. Carolina Kawakubo Charlotte Schröder Sara Schiffer Alexander Igelmann Taro Shimada Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Industrie, Klimaschutz und Energie des Landes NRW 

🌟 Did someone inspire your journey into entrepreneurship?   Lilian Schwich, Co-Founder and CEO of our portfolio company cylib, is inspired by the Hungarian-American inventor known as The Sun Queen: Mária Telkes. She was a pioneer in solar energy technologies who turned bold ideas into world-changing solutions.   “For me, Mária Telkes is a role model. She is best known for developing the first house with solar heating, demonstrating her dedication to applying scientific research to solve real-world problems. Despite facing skepticism and doubt, she focused on the how rather than the if, embodying an entrepreneurial mindset that bridged research and practical innovation, proving that what seemed impossible could be accomplished. Her work inspires me by showing the power of perseverance, creativity, and a solutions-oriented approach to challenges.”   At Cylib, Lilian mirrors this visionary spirit. Cylib’s cutting-edge battery recycling technology recovers critical elements like lithium, cobalt, and nickel, driving sustainable solutions for a circular economy. ♻️🔋 With plans to scale operations to an industrial level, Cylib is helping Europe build a resilient battery infrastructure and redefine sustainability in practice. 🌍   Mária Telkes’ legacy lives on through leaders like Lilian, proving that perseverance and innovation can achieve the seemingly impossible. 🚀   ✨ This Inspirational Role Model Month, we celebrate the pioneers shaping our future. Stay tuned for more stories from our founders.   Cc Paul Sabarny Gideon Schwich Rebekka Mueller Elisabeth Schrey Tobias Weissgerber Stephanie L. Stein Porsche Ventures Bosch Ventures Speedinvest Vsquared Ventures 10x Founders World Fund NRW.BANK

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🔋 Efficient regulatory frameworks to accelerate sustainable battery industry 🔋 This week, we were pleased to welcome Member of the Bundestag Daniel Rinkert to CHEMPARK Dormagen, together with our CHEMPARK partner Currenta . As the rapporteur for the revision of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG), Daniel Rinkert dedicates himself to streamlining approval processes for industrial scaling. cylib sees this as a key driver, to successfully bring research-based innovations into German industry. In light of the recent support for cylib from the Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Industrie, Klimaschutz und Energie des Landes NRW through the "Produktives.NRW" multi-million Euro public funding program, this visit reflects the ongoing commitment to the development of sustainable industries in the region. The battery recycling industry offers Europe the unique opportunity to strengthen its strategic independence and global competitiveness in key technologies of the future. We look forward to continuing the dialogue with policymakers, working together to demonstrate the potential of research-driven industries in addressing the challenges of economic transformation, especially in the context of a circular economy. Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Industrie, Klimaschutz und Energie des Landes NRW I Daniel Rinkert I Gideon Schwich I Rebekka Mueller I Martin Voigt I Currenta

Ein halbes Jahr nach einer großen Finanzierungsrunde, bei der das Aachener Start-up cylib 55 Mio € einsammelte, hat das Unternehmen nun eine Zusage für eine zweistellige Millionenförderung vom Wirtschaftsministerium Nordrhein-Westfalen bekommen. Mit den Mitteln wird der Aufbau einer neuartigen Recyclinganlage für Lithium-Ionen-Batterien in Dormagen vorangetrieben, wie Cylib mitteilte. Die firmeneigene OLiC-Technologie (Optimized Lithium & Graphite Recovery) soll dort im industriellen Maßstab etabliert werden und künftig eine Schlüsselrolle bei der Rückgewinnung kritischer Metalle übernehmen.

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💥 cylib secures a multi-million Euro grant! 💥 Earlier this year, World Fund portfolio firm cylib broke ground on the construction of its FOAK industrial battery recycling facility Currenta Chemparak Dormagen. 🏭 The facility will process 10,000 tonnes of black mass annually. This is equivalent to 30,000 tonnes of lithium-ion batteries - recovering critical raw materials like lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, and manganese. 🔋 This is essential infrastructure we need to build up a resilient, decarbonised and circular economy in Europe. 🇪🇺 It’s been announced today that cylib has secured an additional two-digit million grant from North Rhine-Westphalia’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, part of a larger double-digit million-euro funding under the Produktives.NRW program. 💶 Congrats to Lilian Schwich, Gideon Schwich, Paul Sabarny and the whole cylib team on reaching another pivotal milestone! 🙌 🌍

German battery recycler, cylib, secures double-digit million-euro grant funding from the federal state of NRW 🚀 We are honored to announce that cylib has received a two-digit million-euro grant funding commitment from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. The funds will be used to industrially scale cylib’s proprietary battery recycling technology in its first-of-a-kind facility in the Currenta Chempark Dormagen. 🔋 The FOAK project and largest end-to-end battery recycling facility in Europe was only announced in September 2024, following cylib raising the largest equity funding round in European battery recycling. Now, the company has reached another highly significant milestone in its unique growth trajectory, receiving its first double-digit million grant funding through the program "Produktives.NRW" which supports the production of future-proof technologies for climate-neutral transformation in North Rhine-Westphalia with €100M. 🏭 With this remarkable financial support, cylib has further solidified its project to scale its proprietary "Optimized Lithium & Graphite Recovery” (OLiC) and recover strategically critical raw materials like lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and manganese. Recycling 10,000 tons black mass annually, equivalent to approx. 30,000 tons of lithium-ion batteries, this project will create a circular and robust battery economy in Europe. ♻ As a further major milestone for cylib in 2024, this funding is a testament to the immense level of commitment, dedication and hard work cylib has shown (and proven) in the last two years. Each individual, from technical and production staff, engineering teams, to business, finance and administration teams were involved in the preparation of the application. Thank YOU. 💚 #teamcylib Finally, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to North-Rhine Westphalia, Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Industrie, Klimaschutz und Energie des Landes NRW and the  Stadt Dormagen for making cylib’s project a federal priority and proving that German industry resilience through technological leadership is reality. For more details, we invite you to read the press release on our website. Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Industrie, Klimaschutz und Energie des Landes NRW I Staatskanzlei des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen I Mona Neubaur I World Fund I Porsche Ventures I Vsquared Ventures I Bosch Ventures I DTCF | DeepTech & Climate Fonds I NRW.BANK I Speedinvest I 10x Founders #cylib #batteryrecycling #battery #recycling #teamcylib #circulareconomy