Cash Runway

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Capital Allocators 20VC

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Kayden: Startups need 24 months of runway because fundraising starts at month 18
“You're on the right side of the angels if you have 24 months of cash, because you got to realize you got to start fundraising at 18 months, not at month 24.”
Joelle Kayden Feb 27, 2023 ▶ 35:40 Venture Capital Panel – Beezer Clarkson, Chris Douvos, and Joelle Kayden (Capital Allocators, EP.299)
20VC Insight
Lonsdale: 9 to 12 months cash runway is yellow alert, 6 months red
“And I generally say nine to 12 months is yellow alert and six months is red alert. And if you're a three months cash, you have to start exploring other alternatives. That's my general framework on these things.”
Joe Lonsdale Jul 7, 2020 ▶ 27:56 20VC: 8VC's Joe Lonsdale on How To Foster Contrarian Thinking Within Venture Partnerships, Why The Best VCs Are Company Builders & Why It Is Not Possible To Build Multi-Billion Dollar Companies and Have Worklife Balance
20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Accel's 2015 portfolio held an average 16 months of cash runway
“At the end of last year, the vast, vast, vast majority of companies had more than 12 months of cash. I think of the 105 active portfolio companies something in the high nineties had more than 12 months of cash with the average being closer to 16.”
Brian O'Malley May 4, 2016 ▶ 9:42 20VC: Accel's Brian O'Malley On The Prioritisation Of Growth, The Metrics That Show True Customer Retention & Why The Most Interesting Companies Create A Market

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