Start-up companies Densix and Pure Capture Innovations have joined The Oxford Trust’s Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington, expanding the site’s growing cluster of science and deeptech businesses to ten companies.
The two firms have taken space in the Linden Building at the Wood Centre for Innovation, part of The Oxford Trust, which supports early-stage science and technology companies through specialist workspace and collaborative facilities.
University of Oxford spinout Densix is developing a new class of ultra-dense power converters designed to improve efficiency and flexibility in power systems. The company was founded by Anders Hakfelt, Professor Dan Rogers, Dr Kawsar Ali and Dr Aleks Ristic-Smith, and is targeting applications across data centres, electrified transport, renewable energy and EV charging infrastructure.
As demand for computing power, electrification and renewable integration continues to rise, power density is increasingly seen as a key constraint in modern energy and digital systems. Densix says its technology is designed to address this challenge by enabling more efficient power conversion at higher densities.
Earlier this year, the company raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Oxford Science Enterprises, with participation from Parkwalk and the University of Oxford Innovation Fund.
Joining it at the centre is Pure Capture Innovations, which has opened its first materials research and water analysis laboratory at the Wood Centre for Innovation.
Founded by Dr Mark Wild and Dr Usman Shoukat, the company is developing advanced adsorbent materials and molecular filtration technologies aimed at improving water and air purification. Its focus includes the removal of emerging contaminants such as PFAS “forever chemicals”, pharmaceuticals, dyes, hormones, heavy metals and microplastics, as well as airborne pollutants including CFCs and carbon dioxide.
The company, which has received support from Carbon13 and is currently raising a pre-seed funding round, said its initial focus will be on addressing growing concerns around water quality and regulatory pressure on industrial and municipal water systems.
Steve Burgess, CEO of The Oxford Trust, welcomed the two new arrivals. He said:
“We warmly welcome Densix and Pure Capture Innovations to the Wood Centre for Innovation. Both companies are tackling significant global challenges through cutting-edge technology and their joining the Wood Centre for Innovation further strengthens our thriving community of ambitious science and technology businesses.”
Densix CEO Anders Hakfelt said the move would support the company’s next stage of growth. He said:
“Joining the Wood Centre for Innovation gives Densix an excellent base from which to grow our team and accelerate the development of our power conversion technology. We are excited to be part of the Centre’s thriving innovation community.”
Dr Mark Wild, CEO of Pure Capture Innovations, said the new facility marks an important milestone for the business. He said:
“Opening our materials research and PFAS water testing service at the Wood Centre for Innovation is an important milestone for Pure Capture Innovations. The facilities and collaborative environment will help us advance our purification technologies and deliver effective solutions for this emerging public health issue in the water industry.”
With the arrival of both companies, the Wood Centre for Innovation now hosts ten organisations working across biotech, deeptech and advanced materials, including Bioarchitech, Helio Display Materials, Lumai, DJS Antibodies, PicturaBio, Newrotex, Exogene and Jack Fertility, further strengthening Oxford’s wider science and innovation ecosystem.
