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Startup Fundraising Needs Calculator
Estimate how much your startup should raise based on current burn, target runway, planned hires, operating spend and a realistic contingency buffer.
This tool is designed to answer a practical founder question: how much should I raise so the company has enough time to execute, not merely survive. Use real operating assumptions, not best-case assumptions.
Current Operating Position
Net burn means actual monthly cash loss after existing revenue is already included.
Use available cash, not soft commitments or unsigned investor conversations.
Planned Growth and Spend
Most founders underestimate how long fundraising and milestone execution actually take.
Use the number of people you expect to add before the next major round.
Use full monthly cost, not just salary.
Include marketing, software, legal, product or infrastructure spend you plan to add.
Use a conservative estimate of monthly revenue gain that reduces burn.
This smooths the impact of new hires into the burn model.
Raise Planning
This covers slippage, delays, missed revenue and general founder optimism.
This changes interpretation language, not the core maths of the gap.
Please complete every field before calculating your result.
Minimum Raise
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This is the minimum capital needed to cover the target plan with no extra margin for execution drift.
Recommended Raise
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This includes the contingency buffer and is the more realistic number for founders to plan around.
Adjusted Monthly Burn
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This reflects your expected monthly burn after planned changes and modest revenue improvement.
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