# Biolizard - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Biolizard for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-04-22

## Company Profile
- Name: Biolizard
- Sector: biotech, data-science
- Stage: startup
- Status: active
- Founded: 2018
- Employees: 60
- Location: Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
- Website: https://lizard.bio
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/biolizard/
- Founders: Wim Van Criekinge, Gerben Menschaert, Jan Van Den Berghe

## Overview
Founded in 2018 by Wim Van Criekinge (https://techwiki.ai/people/wim-van-criekinge/llms.txt) and Gerben Menschaert (https://techwiki.ai/people/gerben-menschaert/llms.txt), professors at Ghent (https://techwiki.ai/cities/ghent/llms.txt) University's computational genomics lab, alongside biotech entrepreneur Jan Van den Berghe (https://techwiki.ai/people/jan-van-den-berghe/llms.txt), BioLizard emerged from academic deep expertise in computational biology. The founders had previously co-launched the Novalis Biotech investment fund, giving them both scientific and commercial grounding.

The company serves biotech, pharmaceutical, and diagnostic companies, as well as research institutions, helping them with biomedical data analysis, data mining, data integration, pipeline development, machine learning, and software engineering. Its BioVerse platform provides technology infrastructure alongside consulting expertise, accelerating drug discovery and development workflows.

BioLizard has grown to 60 employees, a mix of scientists, engineers, and strategists. The company posted 249% revenue growth in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Belgium (https://techwiki.ai/events/deloitte-fast-50/llms.txt) 2025, signaling that demand for specialist biomedical data science services remains strong as life sciences organizations build out their data and AI capabilities.

## Key People
- Wim Van Criekinge (https://techwiki.ai/people/wim-van-criekinge/llms.txt) - Co-founder
- Gerben Menschaert (https://techwiki.ai/people/gerben-menschaert/llms.txt) - Co-founder
- Jan Van den Berghe (https://techwiki.ai/people/jan-van-den-berghe/llms.txt) - Co-founder
- Liesbeth Ceelen (https://techwiki.ai/people/liesbeth-ceelen/llms.txt) - CEO

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [city] Ghent: https://techwiki.ai/cities/ghent/llms.txt
- [person] Wim Van Criekinge: https://techwiki.ai/people/wim-van-criekinge/llms.txt
- [person] Gerben Menschaert: https://techwiki.ai/people/gerben-menschaert/llms.txt
- [person] Jan Van den Berghe: https://techwiki.ai/people/jan-van-den-berghe/llms.txt
- [event] Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Belgium: https://techwiki.ai/events/deloitte-fast-50/llms.txt
- [person] Liesbeth Ceelen: https://techwiki.ai/people/liesbeth-ceelen/llms.txt
- [sector] BioTech & Life Sciences: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/biotech/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-04-27] 🤔 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀? Our #interestingread explores a growing priority in modern biol (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/biolizard_interestingread-activity-7454456583796813824-Sz-y)
- [2026-04-24] A quick reminder that our CEO, Liesbeth Ceelen, will be at ChinaBio® Partnering Forum next week 🇨🇳 Looking forward to great conversations on partnerships, innovation, and how data and AI are shaping (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/biolizard_a-quick-reminder-that-our-ceo-liesbeth-ceelen-activity-7453369763742879745-103a)
- [2026-04-23] Biology isn’t driven by a single layer of information. It’s the result of interactions across many: 𝗗𝗡𝗔 → 𝗥𝗡𝗔 → 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀 → 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 → 𝗣𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 To truly understand (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/biolizard_biology-isnt-driven-by-a-single-layer-of-activity-7453006779589832705-jU4M)
- [2026-04-22] 𝗜𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀… 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀? For decades, animal models have been the standard in drug development. But they don’ (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/biolizard_blogsliderq2-activity-7452643891226533888-7tM6)

## Links
- Website: https://lizard.bio
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/biolizard/
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/biolizard/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/biolizard/llms-full.txt

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