Cash Runway
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
3 statements about Cash Runway, every show
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.”
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.”
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.”