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Burn rate and runway · checked 11 November 2026
Runway is cash in the bank divided by monthly net burn: the cash going out less the cash customers actually paid.
Gross burn is everything that leaves the bank in a month; net burn takes off what customers paid. Rs 1.2 crore in the bank against a net burn of Rs 10 lakh is 12 months of runway. Count cash collected, not revenue invoiced, and start the next raise or the cuts with plenty of months left.
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