Startup Runway Calculator

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Question 01

How much money are you raising?

This is an estimate of the size of the current fundraising round.

Question 02

What percentage of the funding proceeds do you expect to use on external expenses and services?

This is the an estimate of the portion of the raise spent on external service providers, and tends to vary depending on the stage of the company and headcount. At a minimum, startups will spend 1/5th of their runway on external service providers, and those with light headcounts could expect to spend up to 4/5ths of their runway on external service providers.

Question 03

What percentage of the contract will the vendors or service providers take in equity instead of cash?

This discount denotes how much a vendor is willing to mark down their services in exchange for equity. The simplest markdown is for vendors to charge enough cash to cover their costs, with service margins typically being as low as 30%.

Question 04

How much cash do you expect to burn each month?

This is an estimate of, under normal conditions, how much you expect to spend a month operating your startup.

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Through the Lynx platform, you not only incentivize your critical service providers in the long term success of your company, but also extend your runway from cash proceeds. The traditional runway shows how many months you have before needing to raise again, whereas the Lynx runway shows the additional time generated.

Traditional Runway

This is an estimate of, under normal conditions, how much do you expect to spend a month operating your startup.

Lynx Runway

This is an estimate of, under normal conditions, how much do you expect to spend a month operating your startup.

Additional Runway Generated

This is an estimate of, under normal conditions, how much do you expect to spend a month operating your startup.

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