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KANTOX Presentation May 2011
Copyright © 2011 Kantox Kantox S.L., C/ Valencia 63, 1ª, 08015 Barcelona - Spain
(+34) 931 842 998
www.kantox.com
Index
1. Executive summary
2. Benchmarking currency P2P
3. Regulation currency P2P
4. Financials
5. Market
6. Business model
7. First clients
8. Team
9. Demo
10. FAQs
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Executive summary (1/3)
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Our service: “A marketplace for companies to barter future
currency flows”
Trust account
Executive summary (2/3)
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Find counterparties (other companies) to net future currency flows, at a fixed
exchange rate, and thus hedge foreign exchange risk.
USD based company
€ based company USD 1.000.000 sales with
payment in 6 months
€750.000 sales with payment in 6 months
Sign a hedging contract at spot rate € / USD 1,3334
Receives USD1.000.000
Transfers USD1.000.000
Receives € 750.000
Transfers €750.000
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Executive summary (3/3)
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CUSTOMER
RELATIONSHIP
MANAGEMENT
Telemarketing and
direct sales.
Web platform: trainning,
advice, news, blog and
hotline.
Professional social
networks and
specialized press.
DISTRIBUTION
CHANNEL
Web only.
CUSTOMERS
Importers & exporters
located in the USA and
Eurozone with flows in
these two currencies.
SME (Small Medium
Enterprises).
Later, expansion to
other countries and
currencies.
BUSINESS MODEL
Registering fee (annual): 295€.
Fee charged on each transaction to each customer: 0,68%.
Float.
KEY PARTNERSHIPS
Alumni networks.
Chambers of
commerce and public
entities linked to import-
export activities.
Consulting companies
specialized in FX and
international trade.
Professional social
networks,
KEY SUCCESS
FACTORS
Credit risk management
(default).
Market penetration
and matching: achieve
a high number of
counterparties in a short
period.
Brand recognition.
Security and
scalability of the
platform.
KEY RESOURCES
Sales team.
Technology.
COST STRUCTURE
Development and maintenance of Web platform..
Personal (IT, marketing and sales: evangelist, hotline).
Offices: requires physical presence in various countries and
continents(Europe, US and Asia).
Advertising & Marketing.
Selling proposition
Foriegn exchange peer-to-peer
hedging service based on:
Low and flat fees.
Without necessity of credit
line or warranty.
Easy-to-use and transparent.
KANTOX business model
Benchmarking currency P2P
The concept on which Kantox business idea is based, peer-to-peer
currency exchange, is a reality.
peerTransfer uses this concept to offer peer-to-peer currency
exchange mainly between foreign students and their USA
universities, and small companies (with limited amounts) in order to
reduce bank fees. In this case, it only concerns spot exchange no
forward (hedging).
Now, Currencyway, Transferwise and Midpoint offer similar services
as peerTransfer.
Note that these companies are not Kantox competitors,
they are focused on mass market and spot exchange.
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Regulation currency P2P
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Web Country Regulation
http://www.transferwise.com
England
Registered as a money service business by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to carry out foreign exchange and money remittance activities: certificate
number 12591871.
Under the prudential supervision of the UK Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA), regulated as a small payments provider: reference 523820.
http://www.midpoint.com
England Registered as a money service business by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC): certificate number
12358512.
Under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, commercial foreign exchange
companies are treated as "Money Service Businesses" which are covered by
regulations administered by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs
(http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/mlr/msb.htm).
Financials
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KANTOX 2012 2013 2014 2015
Number of hedges 543 2.793 7.293 14.793
Total amount hedged 21.720.000€ 139.650.000€ 29.300.000€ 1.479.300.000€
Average amount on trust account
86.880€ 558.600€ 2.917.200€ 5.917.200€
TOTAL REVENUES 248.144€ 1.458.132 5.001.539€ 8.739.704€
In 2012, Kantox forecasts a 543 hedges with a total amount of 21.720.000€ and a related
turnover of 248.144€.
In 2015, Kantox forecasts a close to 15.000 hedges with a total amount close to
1.500.000.000€ and a related turnover of more than 8.500.000€.
Market
9 Source: OECD; US Trade Government.
* Includes only exports from the US to Germany, Belgium, France, Holland and Italy and exports from Germany, France and Italy to the US.
• Largest and most liquid market
• USD 4 billion daily
FOREX • Small and Medium
Enterprises (SME) located in the US and the Eurozone.
• Currency flows in USD and €
SME
• More than 175.000 SME (exporters & importers)
• More than USD 38 billion currency flows annually
Market*
During the launching phase, Kantox’s service offering will be focused only on SMEs located in the
US and the Eurozone with currency flows in USD and €. This way Kantox will achieve a greater
market penetration (number of counterparties registered in the Web platform) in a shorter period of
time.
Later, Kantox will expand its service offering to more countries and currencies (Pound, Yen,
Swiss Franc, etc.).
First clients
Beyond Proclinic and Solex Partners, Kantox’s first beta clients, Kantox is negotiating
with more clients to include their participation in the panel test before the public
opening of the platform in July 2011.
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# Clients
1 Proclinic
2 Solex partners
3 Camper
4 Globalia Corp
5 Grupo Iberostar
6 Giochi Preziosi
7 Gasmar
8 Ingesdata
Business model The business model is based on 3 kind of revenues
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# Revenue Concept Amount
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Registering fee
(Main source of
cash)
Access to the platform during 12
months.
Credit rating.
Digital signature to sign hedging
contracts.
Due Diligence anti money laundering.
295 € annually
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Fee per
transaction (Main
source on
revenues)
Matching with counterparties through the
platform.
Use of hedging contracts.
Currency clearing at due date.
0,68 % per transaction for
each counterparty, it means
1,36% per transaction for
Kantox.
3 Float
(Marginal) -
Interests related to the average
currency amount in the trust
account.
Team
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Philippe Gelis - CEO & Co-Founder
MBA Toulouse Business School
6 years in strategy consulting
1 year with clients from banking sector
Antonio Rami - COO & Co-Founder
Lic. & Máster ESADE (Corporate Finance)
2 years in strategy consulting in Deloitte
1 year in Venture Capital (Inveready Seed Capital)
John Carbajal - CTO
MBA University of Chicago
Founder of www.fotocodex.com
20 years IT experience in Intel/HP, US startups
Jacob Suñol - Product Manager
Master Digital Business HEC Paris
2 years in IT consulting
Web developer
Laurent Descout – Derivatives
expert (External advisor)
Master of Art International
Economics and Finance
(Maief) - Brandeis University
USA
8 years experience with
Currency SWAPS, CDS,
CDO.
V OCATION FIN AN CE
Philippe Gelis (French)
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Strategy, Investors’ relations, Finance, Human Resources
Education
Master Toulouse Business School
MBA ITESM (Corporate Finance)
Six Sigma Green Belt
Languages: Spanish, English (TOEIC 945/990) and French native.
Experience
DELOITTE - Senior Consultant - Strategy & Operations (2008-2011): Commercial Due
Diligence, Strategic planning, Business Plan, Financing modeling, Demand forecasting and
offer analysis
Axis Corporate - Senior Consultant - Banking sector (2007-2008): Process
reengineering of credit card platform Grupo Santader (ISBAN), KPI of credit card platform
Abbey Bank, Functional integration of credit card platforms Abbey Bank and GE Money
Antares Consulting - Consultant - Strategy & operations (2005-2007): Commercial Due
Diligence, Strategic planning, Business Plan, Balanced Scorecard and KPI, Strategic
planning, Business Plan, Demand forecasting and offer analysis
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Antonio Rami (Spanish)
Chief Operations Officer & Co-founder Strategy, Investors’ relations, Operations (Web platform features), Marketing
Education
Lic. & Master ESADE (Corporate Finance)
Master Singapore Management University (Corporate Finance)
Six Sigma Green Belt
Languages: Spanish, English and German
Experience
DELOITTE Strategy & operations (2009-2011):
Process reengineering
Project design and management
e-Administration
Change management
Inveready Capital Company (2008-2009):
Strategy and financing advisor of 20 innovative and technology-based companies
Elaboration of 10 Business Plans and Financial Plans for biotechnological and software
companies
Inveready Seed Capital (2008-2009):
Due Diligence of 40 innovative companies
Investment in 3 companies
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John Carbajal (American)
Chief Technology Officer
Strategy and development of Kantox Web Platform
Education
MBA University of Chicago, USA
Bachelor of Arts Physics - Reed College, USA
Languages: English native and Spanish
Experience
Founder of Fotocodex, SL (2005-2011): strategy and business development, Web
platform development, marketing and operations
Consultant (on going): intellectual property (patents)
Hewlett Packard, Barcelona (2000-2005): solutions’ architect (on-demand solutions)
Intel Corp, USA (1993-1998):
Advanced solutions architect
Internet R&D laboratory, emerging markets business development, evaluation and
purchase of patents, Inventor
Data and systems security (PKI and digital rights management)
Architect in High performance chipset group
Software engineer Massively Parallel Operating Systems group
Digital Vision Inc, V.P. of software engineering (1984-1992)
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Jacob Suñol (Spanish)
Senior Engineer
Web platform engineering
Web marketing
Customer relationship management
Education
Master Digital Business Management - HEC Paris, France
Exchange and Master Thesis, École Polythecnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
IT Engineer, Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya
Languages: Spanish native, Catalan native, English and French
Experience
Everis, Spain – IT Consultant (2010-2011): Application design for multinational
companies (utilities)
La Banque Postale, France – Marketing consultant (2010):
Elaboration of financial education strategy.
Market analysis and reporting to VP of marketing, communication and markets
EPFL – Algorithm laboratory, Switzerland – Internship (2009): Research in marketing
online and crawling.
JEDI Junior Enterprise (2006-2007):
President and manager of the education service
Development of management tools
Organization of IT 16
Laurent Descout (French)
External advisor derivatives and financial markets
SWAPS, CDS, CDO
Structured products
Financial markets
Education
Master of Art International Economics and Finance (Maief) - Brandeis University, USA
Master Banking, Finance and Insurance - Université Paris Dauphine, France
Languages: Spanish, English and French native
Experience
Vocation Finance - Senior Partner - Structured Finance (2003-2011):
Restructuration of derivatives portfolio, €3.000 millions from 2088 to 2011 :
Cross Currency swaps
CDS
CDO
Advisor in international financing operations “Tax Leveraged Lease” for public
administration, public transport companies, airlines, sealines in France, US, UK and
Sweden. Investors’ selection, negotiation and deal closing: 72 operations from
2003 to 2011, €9.000 millions financed assets
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V OCATION FIN AN CE
How to hedge with Kantox in 4 steps?
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Step 1 - Log in
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Step 2 – Create your hedge
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Step 3 – Make a “Bid”
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Wait for your counterparty “Counterbid”
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Step 4 – Pay and sign the agreement
At due date => Currency clearing
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FAQs (1/2)
Is it risky to hedge corporate currency risk with the Kantox platform?
Exactly as when hedging with others institutions, a credit (counterparty) risk exists in the event of
counterparty’s default. , Kantox reduces this credit risk in 3 ways:
Clients with a high credit risk are banned from the platform.
When registering the company Kantox will give every client a credit rating provided by a
third party. With this rating being accessible to clients, Kantox clients can easily and
transparently analyze the credit risk of their counterparties at any moment they might need.
Kantox provides and makes counterparties sign hedging contracts which prevent
voluntary default. It is relevant to note that in case of default from a counterparty, Kantox
will refund the affected counterparty the commission charged for the hedge. To sum up,
being victim of a default is the same for the client as not hedging.
What happens in case of counterparty’s default? Are currency flows transferred to Kantox at
due date safe?
At due date, Kantox receives currency flows from the counterparties and brings them to a special
bank account managed by its banking partner. Kantox does not transfer currency (clear) before
having received currency flows from all/both counterparties. It means that in the event of default,
the client will be completely and immediately repaid, with no penalty.
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FAQs (2/2)
Is it possible to cancel a hedge contract with a counterparty?
It is possible only with the agreement of all/both counterparties. In case of agreement, the
commission charged by Kantox will not be refunded. Note that there is no secondary market to sell
Kantox hedging contracts.
Is it possible to divide a currency flow in batches and have various counterparties?
It is possible and it is a way to spread counterparty risk without increasing the cost of the
hedge given that the commission charged by Kantox is a % of the amount hedged among each
contract.
Is Kantox a bank?
No, Kantox is a marketplace through which counterparties can connect up. Kantox provides hedging
contracts and manages the currency flows at due date. In this context, Kantox operates with a
banking partner and a trust account but is not a bank nor a financial institution and thus does not
require any banking license.
Is Kantox service considered a derivative?
No, the service offered by Kantox is not a derivative. In legal, tax and accounting fields it is
considered a simple exchange (barter) of currencies. This means, the tax and accounting
treatment of Kantox service does not require any specific expertise.
How does Kantox manage money laundering issues?
Kantox complies with money laundering legislation and checks legality of all the companies using
the platform.
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Contacts:
[email protected] - CEO - (+34) 678 663 297
[email protected] - COO - (+34) 606 977 655
Copyright © 2011 Kantox Kantox S.L., C/ Valencia 63, 1ª, 08015 Barcelona - Spain
(+34) 931 842 998