Runway
Model Fundraising Scenarios Against Your Business’s Cash Runway
Model Fundraising Scenarios Against Your Business’s Cash Runway
Model Fundraising Scenarios Against Your Business’s Cash Runway
Stop trusting a single spreadsheet line that breaks the moment a round slips a quarter. Runway models the range of outcomes, live, and tracks the KPIs behind them.
Stop trusting a single spreadsheet line that breaks the moment a round slips a quarter. Runway models the range of outcomes, live, and tracks the KPIs behind them.
The Problem
Your cash plan lives in a spreadsheet only one person understands
Your cash plan lives in a spreadsheet only one person understands
Cash planning usually means a fragile spreadsheet, not real runway planning software. It shows a single guess, hides its assumptions, and breaks the moment someone asks what happens if an investment, grant, or contract doesn't land on time. Modeling uncertain funding, recurring costs, credit draws, and multiple currencies by hand is slow and easy to get wrong, so most teams either avoid the question or defend a number they can't really stand behind. Runway is runway planning software built to replace that guesswork: enter your inputs once, and get a projection that updates as your assumptions change and shows a range of outcomes instead of one confident line.
What it is
What runway planning software should model, scenario by scenario
What runway planning software should model, scenario by scenario
Input your cash on hand: what you have today, what you earn and spend and when, what credit you can draw on, and which funding deals might land. Runway turns that into a day-by-day cash projection and draws it as an interactive chart you can zoom into for an itemized breakdown of any single day. Because funding is uncertain, Runway doesn’t pretend a deal is certain. Add a potential investment, grant, or contract with an approval probability and payout schedule, and the projection shows the probability-weighted outcome, not a best-case fantasy. Point that simulated deal at a real opportunity you’re already tracking in Funding CRM, and your fundraising pipeline and your cash plan move together instead of living apart. Keep several scenarios (a conservative baseline, a growth plan, a stress test) and switch between them to compare.
Input your cash on hand: what you have today, what you earn and spend and when, what credit you can draw on, and which funding deals might land. Runway turns that into a day-by-day cash projection and draws it as an interactive chart you can zoom into for an itemized breakdown of any single day. Because funding is uncertain, Runway doesn’t pretend a deal is certain. Add a potential investment, grant, or contract with an approval probability and payout schedule, and the projection shows the probability-weighted outcome, not a best-case fantasy. Point that simulated deal at a real opportunity you’re already tracking in Funding CRM, and your fundraising pipeline and your cash plan move together instead of living apart. Keep several scenarios (a conservative baseline, a growth plan, a stress test) and switch between them to compare.
How it works
From blank slate to a projection you can defend
From blank slate to a projection you can defend
1
Set up in minutes.
A guided, step-by-step wizard walks a new scenario from nothing to a runnable model, with worked examples at each step so you’re never staring at an empty form.
1
Set up in minutes.
A guided, step-by-step wizard walks a new scenario from nothing to a runnable model, with worked examples at each step so you’re never staring at an empty form.
2
Model the real inputs.
Recurring and one-off income and expenses, fees, raises, credit lines that draw automatically when cash runs low, financial goals, and key dates, all in one place.
2
Model the real inputs.
Recurring and one-off income and expenses, fees, raises, credit lines that draw automatically when cash runs low, financial goals, and key dates, all in one place.
3
React like your business does.
Set conditions so the plan adapts to its own results: only trigger a new hire once cash stays above a threshold, or automatically pause spending if it dips.
3
React like your business does.
Set conditions so the plan adapts to its own results: only trigger a new hire once cash stays above a threshold, or automatically pause spending if it dips.
4
Review and make genuine insights.
The forecast display allows you to draw meaningful conclusions on how best to navigate your fundraising. Zoom into any moment for a full breakdown, with credit usage, goals, and key dates overlaid on the chart.
4
Review and make genuine insights.
The forecast display allows you to draw meaningful conclusions on how best to navigate your fundraising. Zoom into any moment for a full breakdown, with credit usage, goals, and key dates overlaid on the chart.
The numbers behind the model
Track the KPIs that feed every decision Runway helps you make
Track the KPIs that feed every decision Runway helps you make
A runway model is only as good as the numbers behind it. HighPath’s Metrics capability lets you define the KPIs that matter (revenue, expenses, customer and workforce measures), record values as you go, and watch each one charted as a trend line. If you don’t know where to start, an AI advisor proposes a starter set of metrics tailored to your industry, and you keep the ones that fit. Where Runway answers how long your cash lasts, Metrics answers what’s actually happening in the business right now, so the assumptions you feed into a scenario are grounded in a number you’ve been tracking, not a guess you made this morning.
A runway model is only as good as the numbers behind it. HighPath’s Metrics capability lets you define the KPIs that matter (revenue, expenses, customer and workforce measures), record values as you go, and watch each one charted as a trend line. If you don’t know where to start, an AI advisor proposes a starter set of metrics tailored to your industry, and you keep the ones that fit. Where Runway answers how long your cash lasts, Metrics answers what’s actually happening in the business right now, so the assumptions you feed into a scenario are grounded in a number you’ve been tracking, not a guess you made this morning.
Why a spreadsheet can’t do this
Why HighPath
What a spreadsheet can’t model, and runway planning software does
What a spreadsheet can’t model, and runway planning software does
Parameters
Parameters
Multiple scenarios side by side
Multiple scenarios side by side
Uncertain funding as probability-weighted
Uncertain funding as probability-weighted
Rules that react to their own results
Rules that react to their own results
Multi-currency, converted automatically
Multi-currency, converted automatically
KPI tracking tied to the same workspace
KPI tracking tied to the same workspace
Spreadsheet
Spreadsheet
Manual, error-prone
Manual, error-prone
No
No
No
No
Manual
Manual
No
No
Runway, powered by HighPath
Runway, powered by HighPath
Yes, with a benchmark comparison
Yes, with a benchmark comparison
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, via Metrics
Yes, via Metrics
Generic forecasting tool
Generic forecasting tool
Sometimes
Sometimes
Rarely
Rarely
No
No
Sometimes
Sometimes
No
No
Who it’s for
For anyone who has to defend a cash number out loud
For anyone who has to defend a cash number out loud
Founders and finance leads who need to know, at a glance, how many months of runway they have and what changes it.
Teams planning around funding, deciding when to hire, how much to spend, and what happens if an investment, grant, or contract does or doesn't come through.
Anyone weighing scenarios, comparing a careful plan against an ambitious one before committing to either.
Outcome
A model your board will actually believe
A model your board will actually believe
FAQs
Runway, answered directly
Runway, answered directly
Is Runway financial advice?
No. Runway helps you plan cash scenarios; it isn't financial advice. Projections are estimates based on the assumptions you provide, and they're not a substitute for a qualified financial professional.
Is Runway financial advice?
No. Runway helps you plan cash scenarios; it isn't financial advice. Projections are estimates based on the assumptions you provide, and they're not a substitute for a qualified financial professional.
Is Runway financial advice?
No. Runway helps you plan cash scenarios; it isn't financial advice. Projections are estimates based on the assumptions you provide, and they're not a substitute for a qualified financial professional.
Does Runway pull my real bank or accounting data automatically?
Does Runway pull my real bank or accounting data automatically?
Does Runway pull my real bank or accounting data automatically?
How does Runway handle a funding deal that isn't guaranteed?
How does Runway handle a funding deal that isn't guaranteed?
How does Runway handle a funding deal that isn't guaranteed?
Can I compare more than one plan at once?
Can I compare more than one plan at once?
Can I compare more than one plan at once?
Do exchange rates update automatically for multi-currency planning?
Do exchange rates update automatically for multi-currency planning?
Do exchange rates update automatically for multi-currency planning?
Is my Runway data shared outside my organization?
Is my Runway data shared outside my organization?
Is my Runway data shared outside my organization?
How is Metrics different from Runway?
How is Metrics different from Runway?
How is Metrics different from Runway?
Can I get help from a real person on my projection?
Can I get help from a real person on my projection?
Can I get help from a real person on my projection?
See how long your cash actually lasts
Not the guess in your head. The number you can show your board.
Build your first scenario in minutes with the guided wizard.
Pipeline
$2.1M
+19%
Capital Partners
1,248
+19%
Active Investors
48
+15%
See how long your cash actually lasts
Not the guess in your head. The number you can show your board.
Build your first scenario in minutes with the guided wizard.
Pipeline
$2.1M
+19%
Capital Partners
1,248
+19%
Active Investors
48
+15%
See how long your cash actually lasts
Not the guess in your head. The number you can show your board.
Build your first scenario in minutes with the guided wizard.
Pipeline
$2.1M
+19%
Capital Partners
1,248
+19%
Active Investors
48
+15%