Cash-Out Date
The projected date when a company will run out of cash based on current spending and revenue patterns.
The runway status hero shows your months remaining and exact cash-out date.
What is Cash-Out Date?
Your cash-out date is the specific month and year when your bank account hits zero at your current burn rate. It's your runway expressed as a calendar date instead of a number of months.
If you have 10 months of runway starting from April 2026, your cash-out date is February 2027. This concrete date is often more actionable than an abstract month count because it forces you to think in terms of real deadlines.
The cash-out date shifts every time you make a financial decision — hiring someone moves it closer, closing a deal pushes it further.
Why it matters
A cash-out date creates urgency in a way that "14 months of runway" doesn't. When you can see that your money runs out in November 2027, you start working backward: fundraising takes 3-6 months, so you need to start in May. That clarity drives action.
It's also the number that investors and board members respond to most viscerally. "We run out in Q4" lands harder than "we have 8 months."
Formula
Cash-Out Date = Today + Runway Months
Example
It's April 2026. You have $480,000 in cash and a net burn of $40,000/month. Runway = 12 months. Cash-out date = April 2027. If you hire two people adding $15,000/month in costs, new net burn = $55,000. New runway = 8.7 months. New cash-out date = January 2027 — you just lost 3 months.
How RunwayCal helps
RunwayCal displays your projected cash-out date directly on Mission Control alongside your runway months. When you model scenarios — like adding a hire or closing a deal — the cash-out date shifts in real-time.
Common mistakes
- 1Not recalculating cash-out date after major financial decisions
- 2Assuming revenue growth will extend the date without modeling it explicitly
- 3Telling the board a cash-out date based on stale calculations
See your exact cash-out date — not a guess
RunwayCal shows when your money runs out and how every decision moves that date forward or backward.
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