Download Mobile AppStartup Runway Calculator
Calculate how long your cash will last based on your current burn rate and cash balance.
Understanding Runway
Runway is the number of months your startup can operate before running out of cash. Most experts recommend maintaining 12-18 months of runway. This calculator helps you plan your fundraising and spending.
Your Runway
Turn runway into operating decisions
Runway is useful when it changes what the team does next. Use the result to plan hiring, fundraising, and spend reviews before cash pressure becomes urgent.
Read net runway first
Compare gross runway with net runway after revenue so the leadership team sees the real cash-out date, not just monthly expenses.
Set a decision threshold
Use 18, 12, and 6 month checkpoints to decide when to hire, pause spend, or prepare a funding plan.
Review every month
Update the calculation after payroll, software, and revenue changes so your plan reflects the current operating model.
Connect runway to daily work in Edworking
A runway number should become shared work, not a spreadsheet note. Keep the assumptions, owner, and follow-up decisions visible to the team.
- Create a finance review task with the runway result, owner, due date, and next fundraising milestone.
- Document the assumptions behind cash balance, burn rate, and revenue so everyone knows what changed.
- Discuss hiring, vendor, and product trade-offs in the same workspace where the plan will be executed.
Startup runway calculator FAQs
Startup runway is the number of months a company can keep operating before cash runs out, based on current cash, burn rate, and revenue.
Many startups plan for 12 to 18 months of runway, but the right target depends on funding stage, revenue predictability, hiring plans, and market conditions.
Use the result to schedule spend reviews, fundraising milestones, hiring decisions, and operating tasks so the runway number leads to clear action.