Xenocs

Name

Xenocs

Legal name

Xenocs

Website

https://xenocs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

X-ray Scattering Instruments

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Mass Spectrometry & Spectroscopy Instruments (HLAGAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Analytical Instruments & Chromatography Systems (HLAGAIAA), Microscopy, Imaging & Flow Cytometry Instruments (HLAGAIAE), Material Characterization & Spectroscopy (NMR/FTIR/MS) (HLAGADAK)

Keywords

• X-ray scattering instruments
• SAXS WAXS systems
• Nanoscale characterization
• Biostructural analysis
• Laboratory x-ray instrumentation

Headquarters

HQ city

Grenoble

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. SAXS/WAXS Instrumentation Sales: Sale of advanced laboratory X-ray scattering instruments including Xeuss Pro, Nano-inXider, and BioXolver systems along with modular options and accessories.
2. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: XSACT Pro SAXS data analysis software sold as licenses, with 30-day free trials available.
3. Professional Services: Installation, commissioning, training programs, and ongoing technical and scientific support services.
4. Training Programs: Comprehensive SAXS training programs including Fundamentals of SAXS, USAXS/Q-Xtend, GISAXS/GIWAXS, and Biopharmaceutical Analysis courses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Xenocs designs, manufactures, and sells advanced laboratory SAXS/WAXS/GISAXS/USAXS instruments for nanoscale characterization of materials. Its product portfolio includes three core instrument lines — Xeuss Pro (advanced research platform), Nano-inXider (compact routine system), and BioXolver (biostructural research) — complemented by X-ray optics and sources (FOX3D, GeniX3D), modular add-ons, sample holders and environmental stages, and the XSACT Pro data analysis software. The instruments are sold to academic researchers, government laboratories, and industrial R&D groups for applications in pharmaceuticals, polymers, energy storage, semiconductors, food science, cosmetics, and inorganic materials.

Product overview

Xenocs provides a comprehensive portfolio of advanced X-ray scattering solutions comprising three core SAXS instrument lines—Xeuss Pro (advanced research platform), Nano-inXider (compact routine system), and BioXolver (biostructural research)—complemented by X-ray Components (optics and sources), modular add-ons (InXight imaging, Q-Xtend collimation, AuX source, Couette shear stage), software (XSACT Pro analysis, Xplore control), and accessory sample holders/environments. The instruments share Clean Beam Technology and beamstopless acquisition capabilities, with XSACT Pro providing unified AI-powered data analysis across the product range.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Xeuss Pro: Ultimate laboratory SAXS/WAXS/GISAXS/USAXS/Imaging beamline for nanoscale characterization
• Nano-inXider
• BioXolver
• XSACT Pro
• GeniX3D
• FOX3D
• BioCUBE
• InXight

Products and services

• Xeuss Pro Advanced laboratory SAXS/WAXS/GISAXS/USAXS/Imaging instrument for nanoscale characterization, offering Clean Beam Technology, beamstopless acquisition, and modular options (Q-Xtend, AuX source, Couette stage, InXight). For advanced research in academic, government, and industrial R&D labs.
• Nano-inXider Compact vertical SAXS/WAXS instrument delivering simultaneous atomic- to nano-scale characterization with beamstopless acquisition and a fixed dual-detector configuration in a footprint under 1×1 m². Targets routine and high-throughput use in academic and industrial labs.
• BioXolver BioSAXS instrument optimized for biostructural research, providing synchrotron-quality data in the lab with high-throughput automation, minimum 5 µL sample volume, and integrated SEC and UV-Vis capabilities. For academic and pharmaceutical research on proteins, nucleic acids, and lipid systems.
• X-ray Components X-ray optics and beam delivery solutions including FOX3D single-reflection mirrors with 3D focusing control, GeniX3D microfocus sealed-tube sources, and X-ray anode options (Cu, Mo, Cr, V, Co) for SAXS/WAXS applications.
• XSACT Pro Software All-in-one SAXS data analysis software combining raw data processing with advanced analysis, featuring AI-powered particle shape classification, model fitting, the LipoSAXS algorithm, and publication-ready visualizations. Sold as a subscription with a 30-day free trial.
• Sample Holders & Environments Comprehensive range of sample holders (Low Noise Flow Cell, Capillary Flow Cell, BioCUBE, Pipetting Robot, Gel & Powder Capsule Holder, GISAXS holder) and environmental stages (temperature, tensile, shear, humidity) for use with Xenocs SAXS/WAXS instruments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% of all SAXS lab publications use Xenocs instruments
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• FOM TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025Strategic partnership to accelerate materials innovation. FOM Technologies specializes in thin film deposition equipment; combined offerings enable comprehensive materials characterization solutions.
• Malvern PanalyticalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025Collaboration to advance pharmaceutical analytics. Combines Xenocs SAXS instruments with Malvern Panalytical's analytical solutions for enhanced pharmaceutical characterization workflows.
• Rigaku CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2024Strategic cooperation to drive global competitiveness in X-ray scattering solutions. Rigaku is a major Japanese analytical instruments company.
• SAXSLABcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Acquisition and integration of SAXSLAB in 2017, expanding Xenocs' global footprint and technology portfolio in the SAXS market.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves2 records

Broad incumbents

• Agilent Technologies: Agilent is a broad analytical-instruments incumbent with strong placement in pharma and biopharma QC/R&D labs. Its molecular and particulate characterization portfolio competes for the same characterization budget that Xenocs targets with BioXolver and XSACT Pro.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher is a broad incumbent in analytical and life-science instrumentation serving the same pharma, biotech, and advanced-materials customers with HPLC, MS, XRD, and chromatography workflows. While not a pure SAXS competitor, it is a frequent incumbent displacing Xenocs in integrated lab purchasing decisions.
• Shimadzu Corporation: Shimadzu supplies X-ray analytical and materials characterization systems to similar Japanese and global research customers. It serves as a broader incumbent in lab-based materials characterization that can compete for X-ray instrument budgets.

Direct peers

• Rigaku Corporation: Rigaku is both a strategic partner of Xenocs (2024 cooperation deal) and a direct competitor through its SmartLab and NEXCG X-ray scattering/diffraction lines. It is a major Japanese analytical instruments company serving the same materials characterization market.
• Bruker Corporation: Bruker is a direct competitor in SAXS/WAXS instrumentation (e.g., NANOSTAR) and is a substantially larger analytical instrument company with a broad XRD/SAXS portfolio. Both companies sell laboratory X-ray scattering solutions to research institutions and industrial R&D customers.
• Malvern Panalytical: Malvern Panalytical is a 2025 strategic partner of Xenocs focused on pharmaceutical analytics, and also competes in XRD/SAXS instrumentation with platforms like the Empyrean. Overlap in pharma characterization workflows is substantial.
• Anton Paar: Anton Paar sells SAXSpace, SAXSpoint, and similar compact-to-advanced lab SAXS/WAXS instruments targeting the same academic and industrial materials-science customers. The two companies compete head-to-head in routine and advanced SAXS, including USAXS extensions.

Others

• JEOL Ltd. JEOL specializes in electron microscopes (TEM/STEM/SEM) which serve as complementary — and in some applications competitive — nanoscale characterization tools. Customers evaluating TEM vs. SAXS for nanomaterials research commonly cross-shop these vendors.
• FOM Technologies: FOM Technologies is a Xenocs strategic partner specializing in thin-film deposition equipment; the combined offering pairs thin-film fabrication with SAXS characterization. Adjacent rather than competing, but is part of the broader materials-research instrumentation ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/XenocsNews

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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