Running out of cash kills more startups than product failure or market shifts.

It’s not just a money problem.
It’s a planning problem.

🔹 Raise too little? You’ll scramble again in 6–9 months — with no leverage.
🔹 Raise too much? You’ll give up equity you didn’t need — and risk burning cash without discipline.

Capital-Fit isn’t just about who funds you.
It’s about how much you raise — and when.

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📉 The Problem: Vibes ≠ Financial Strategy

Most founders raise based on vibes:

• “$5M sounds about right.”
• “Our peers raised $8M, so let’s do $8M too.”
• “We need 18 months runway, right? Maybe?”

The result?

🚩 Last-minute panic rounds.
🚩 Over-dilution.
🚩 No Plan B when things slow down.

Investors notice.
They back founders with cash clarity, not hope.

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🧠 The Shift: Plan Your Raise Like an Operator

At ClimeNow, we flip fundraising into a capital-fit exercise.

You’ll know:

• How much you actually need based on your burn, growth, and margin dynamics
• How different revenue/burn scenarios affect your cashout dates
• How to model your next 2 phases — not just this one

Raise smart.
Raise once.
Raise with leverage.

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📘 How LaunchPad Helps

Inside LaunchPad, we give founders two tactical tools:

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1️⃣ 360 Readiness Scan

• Benchmark your burn rate, CAC, runway, Rev/FTE, and operational cash flow
• Validate if your financial model matches your Capital Path (VC, hybrid, infra, founder-owned)

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2️⃣ SaaS Source & Uses Calculator (Capital Planning Tool)

• Input real operating numbers: MRR, CAC, fixed + variable costs
• Scenario-test your cash flow, break-even point, and burn runway
• See exactly how long each raise would last
• Model best-case, mid-case, and stress-case funding needs

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🔧 What Founders Get

✅ Clear fundraising targets — no hand-waving
✅ 12–24 month cash visibility — for you and your investors
✅ Realistic runway extension planning
✅ Fewer painful strategic pivots due to cash crunch
✅ More credibility in investor conversations

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🚀 The Outcome

• Fundraising without fear
• Fewer emergency bridge rounds
• Less dilution
• Real investor trust

Because the best time to raise — and the best amount to raise — is a decision made before you're desperate.

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📣 What to Do Next

Run the free Funding-Impact Calculator—plug in your round and see the cash, equity, and runway you’d leave without ClimeNow.

Or watch our 8-minute product demo to see the engine in action.

Ready when you are—let’s close the Readiness Gap.