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Cash forecast and runway

Northvale found nine more months

Northvale found nine more months

Northvale found nine more months

A seed-stage SaaS team thought they had nine months of cash. The real number was eighteen once annual prepayments were modelled.

9 mo

9 mo

9 mo

→

→

18 mo

18 mo

18 mo

Runway

Client

Northvale

Stage

Seed, 14 people

Service

Cash forecast and runway

Duration

3 months

01 Challenge

Cash was tracked in three spreadsheets and nobody agreed on burn. Hiring plans were being set against a runway number that was wrong in both directions.

Cash was tracked in three spreadsheets and nobody agreed on burn. Hiring plans were being set against a runway number that was wrong in both directions.

Cash was tracked in three spreadsheets and nobody agreed on burn. Hiring plans were being set against a runway number that was wrong in both directions.

02 Approach

We rebuilt the 24-month forecast from bank and billing data, split annual from monthly revenue, and agreed one runway number the founders could repeat.

We rebuilt the 24-month forecast from bank and billing data, split annual from monthly revenue, and agreed one runway number the founders could repeat.

We rebuilt the 24-month forecast from bank and billing data, split annual from monthly revenue, and agreed one runway number the founders could repeat.

03 Result

Runway went from 9 to 18 months on the same spend. The team hired two engineers they had put on hold and set the next raise date with confidence.

Runway went from 9 to 18 months on the same spend. The team hired two engineers they had put on hold and set the next raise date with confidence.

Runway went from 9 to 18 months on the same spend. The team hired two engineers they had put on hold and set the next raise date with confidence.

Next step / 20 minutes, no deck

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Bring last month's bank balance. We'll send back the date the cash runs out and one decision to change it.

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