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Co-Founder CustomCells | business angel

📍 Germany🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2022
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Oct 2022
cylib GmbH is a research-based company for holistic battery recycling enabling the green energy transition by ensuring the supply of sustainable raw materials for the battery industry. cylibs proprietary end-to-end recycling process is characterized by an efficient, resource- and climate-friendly recovery of all raw materials in a battery, including lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and manganese from battery packs, production scraps, or micromobility batteries. Founded in 2022 in Aachen, Germany, the company builds on nearly a decade of research by the founding team. cylib was founded by Dr. Lilian Schwich (Co-CEO), Paul Sabarny (Chief of Special Operations), and Dr. Gideon Schwich (Co-CEO), with the mission to create a true circular economy.
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Jun 2019
E-Lyte is a full-service partner in the field of electrolyte solutions for energy storage technologies, such as Li-ion, Na-ion and next-generation batteries as well as supercapacitors. Electrolyte solutions developed and produced from E-Lyte are highly efficient products for improving current storage technologies and to enable innovative storage solutions of tomorrow! More than 50 years’ combined experience in batteries, strong cooperation partners, a unique testing infrastructure and a cutting-edge production facility for electrolyte solutions make E-Lyte a trusted and sustainable partner. E-Lyte sees sustainability not as a process that must be established, but as a matter of the heart! The target is to directly support society in achieving its climate goals for a more emission-free future by improving energy storage technologies. Our mission is to develop and produce the perfect electrolyte solution for each energy storage technology! Our vision is to enable the use of renewable energy everywhere and at any time! High-performance electrolytes. Made in Germany, with German technology. Preparing for tomorrow´s customer needs today.
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2022
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Oct 2022
cylib GmbH is a research-based company for holistic battery recycling enabling the green energy transition by ensuring the supply of sustainable raw materials for the battery industry. cylibs proprietary end-to-end recycling process is characterized by an efficient, resource- and climate-friendly recovery of all raw materials in a battery, including lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and manganese from battery packs, production scraps, or micromobility batteries. Founded in 2022 in Aachen, Germany, the company builds on nearly a decade of research by the founding team. cylib was founded by Dr. Lilian Schwich (Co-CEO), Paul Sabarny (Chief of Special Operations), and Dr. Gideon Schwich (Co-CEO), with the mission to create a true circular economy.
2019
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Jun 2019
E-Lyte is a full-service partner in the field of electrolyte solutions for energy storage technologies, such as Li-ion, Na-ion and next-generation batteries as well as supercapacitors. Electrolyte solutions developed and produced from E-Lyte are highly efficient products for improving current storage technologies and to enable innovative storage solutions of tomorrow! More than 50 years’ combined experience in batteries, strong cooperation partners, a unique testing infrastructure and a cutting-edge production facility for electrolyte solutions make E-Lyte a trusted and sustainable partner. E-Lyte sees sustainability not as a process that must be established, but as a matter of the heart! The target is to directly support society in achieving its climate goals for a more emission-free future by improving energy storage technologies. Our mission is to develop and produce the perfect electrolyte solution for each energy storage technology! Our vision is to enable the use of renewable energy everywhere and at any time! High-performance electrolytes. Made in Germany, with German technology. Preparing for tomorrow´s customer needs today.
2012
Co-Founder
Jan 2012
Imagine energy as a given...CustomCells. We are transforming energy storage technology from todays limitations into an effortlessly available and abundant energy resource. Built on a foundation of groundbreaking innovation and a profitable core business, we are scaling up rapidly to enable the worlds leading mobility providers to fast-track the transition to sustainable electric mobility. We innovate and industrialize customer-centric premium battery technology and power the global energy transition for a better future. CustomCells operates at the nexus of groundbreaking innovation and high-performance volume manufacturing, enabling customers to realize their most technologically ambitious projects. We bring premium battery technology to automotive leaders, aviation pioneers, and other industry frontrunners, offering a competitive edge in electrification and decarbonization. Together, we drive impact at scale for both people and the planet.