kantox was founded in 2011 by philippe gelis and antonio rami, ex-consultants in deloitte. the name of the company takes inspiration from the surname of georg cantor, the creator of the theory of transfinite numbers, a fundamental theory in the transformation of mathematical study in the late nineteenth century. operating in the fx market, where daily turnover has been estimated by the bank for international settlements at $5.3 trillion, in 2014, kantox raised €6.4 million in investment and one year later, announced reaching $1 billion in total corporate foreign exchange transactions.