# Zidis - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Zidis for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-04-27

## Company Profile
- Name: Zidis
- Sector: creative, saas
- Stage: scale-up
- Status: active
- Founded: 2005
- Employees: 11-50
- Location: Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
- Website: https://www.zidis.be
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/zidis
- Founders: Yannick De Wael

## Overview
Founded by Yannick De Wael (https://techwiki.ai/people/yannick-de-wael/llms.txt) in 2005, Zidis builds explainer videos, corporate films, recruitment videos, animations, podcasts, and aftermovies for Belgian organisations, with a clear in-house production model and recurring client relationships. The headoffice and main studios are at Ellermanstraat 54 in Antwerp (https://techwiki.ai/cities/antwerp/llms.txt), with additional studios in Zulte (East and West Flanders (https://techwiki.ai/cities/flanders/llms.txt)) and Mechelen (https://techwiki.ai/cities/mechelen/llms.txt) for the Brussels (https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt) region.

Zidis ranked 68th in the Trends Gazellen (https://techwiki.ai/events/trends-gazellen/llms.txt) 2026 list for the Antwerp (https://techwiki.ai/cities/antwerp/llms.txt) region, recognising sustained growth and team expansion. In April 2026, Brussels-based investor Akiles (https://techwiki.ai/investors/akiles/llms.txt), led by Christophe Rousseaux (https://techwiki.ai/people/christophe-rousseaux/llms.txt) (founder of Immoweb (https://techwiki.ai/companies/immoweb/llms.txt)), took a 50 percent stake in Zidis. Akiles (https://techwiki.ai/investors/akiles/llms.txt) and Yannick De Wael (https://techwiki.ai/people/yannick-de-wael/llms.txt) together committed EUR 7 million to a new vehicle named Zidis United, intended to fund expansion into the Netherlands and Luxembourg, additional talent and AI investment, and selective acquisitions in the audiovisual content space.

Zidis sits in the Belgian creative production cluster, with a buy-and-build trajectory now backed by an evergreen growth fund. Yannick De Wael (https://techwiki.ai/people/yannick-de-wael/llms.txt) continues as CEO under the new ownership structure.

## Key People
- Yannick De Wael (https://techwiki.ai/people/yannick-de-wael/llms.txt) - Founder and CEO

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [city] Antwerp: https://techwiki.ai/cities/antwerp/llms.txt
- [city] Flanders: https://techwiki.ai/cities/flanders/llms.txt
- [person] Yannick De Wael: https://techwiki.ai/people/yannick-de-wael/llms.txt
- [city] Mechelen: https://techwiki.ai/cities/mechelen/llms.txt
- [city] Brussels: https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt
- [event] Trends Gazellen: https://techwiki.ai/events/trends-gazellen/llms.txt
- [investor] Akiles: https://techwiki.ai/investors/akiles/llms.txt
- [person] Christophe Rousseaux: https://techwiki.ai/people/christophe-rousseaux/llms.txt
- [company] Immoweb: https://techwiki.ai/companies/immoweb/llms.txt
- [sector] Creative & Branding: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/creative/llms.txt
- [sector] SaaS & Enterprise Software: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/saas/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-04-23] Investeerder Akiles zet schouders onder overnamestrategie van productiehuis Zidis (https://www.tijd.be/r/t/1/id/10657563)

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

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