Wim Van Criekinge

TLDR

Wim Van Criekinge is a Ghent University professor and entrepreneur who co-founded Biolizard in 2018, a bioinformatics and data science company that ranked in the Deloitte Fast 50 2025 with 249% revenue growth.

Overview

Van Criekinge co-founded Biolizard in 2018 with fellow Ghent University computational genomics professor Gerben Menschaert and biotech entrepreneur Jan Van den Berghe. He and Menschaert had previously co-launched the Novalis Biotech investment fund, bringing both scientific and commercial grounding to the venture. Biolizard serves biotech, pharma, and diagnostic companies with biomedical data analysis, machine learning, and software engineering, and has grown to 60 employees.

Connections

Co-founded Biolizard with Gerben Menschaert and Jan Van den Berghe. Both Van Criekinge and Menschaert are professors at Ghent University's computational genomics lab.