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Startup Cash Runway Calculator

See how many months of cash your startup has left. Enter your cash on hand and either a net monthly burn or your monthly expenses and revenue, and the calculator shows your runway in months.

How to use the runway calculator

  1. Enter the cash you currently have in the bank.
  2. Enter your net monthly burn, or your monthly expenses and revenue.
  3. Read how many months of runway remain before cash runs out.

Examples

500,000 cash, 50,000 net burn

cash 500000, net burn 50000
10 months of runway

Expenses 80,000, revenue 30,000

cash 500000, expenses 80000, revenue 30000
Net burn 50,000, 10 months of runway

Frequently asked questions

What is cash runway?

Cash runway is the number of months a company can keep operating before it runs out of money, assuming its current net burn rate stays the same. It is a core survival metric for startups.

How is runway calculated?

Runway in months equals cash on hand divided by net monthly burn. Net burn is the cash you spend each month minus the cash revenue you bring in, so runway = cash / (expenses - revenue).

What is the difference between gross burn and net burn?

Gross burn is your total monthly cash spend. Net burn subtracts monthly revenue from that spend. Runway is based on net burn because revenue offsets some of what you are spending.

What does infinite runway mean?

If revenue is equal to or greater than expenses, net burn is zero or negative and you are not losing cash. The calculator treats this as infinite runway because, at that rate, you never run out.

Does this account for changing burn or one-off costs?

No. It assumes a steady net burn. Large one-off costs, hiring plans or revenue growth will change the picture, so revisit your runway whenever your monthly numbers move.

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