Most founders pick a fundraising number without really knowing if it makes sense. This funding goal calculator helps you figure out how much to raise based on your burn rate, runway, and plans. Instead of guessing, you get a clear number and the reasoning behind it. It’s a simple, free tool built for founders who want clarity before talking to investors.
We built this because I kept seeing founders ask, “How much should I raise?” and the answer was usually just a guess.
This tool helps you work backwards from burn rate and runway to get a funding goal that actually makes sense.
It’s free and meant to be a quick planning step before you start fundraising.
Happy to hear feedback or ideas on how to make it better.
Honestly this is the kind of thing founders hand-wave way too much. Does it account for planned headcount ramp + stuff like usage-based infra spikes or is it mostly burn x runway?
As the founder of Dashform (AI form builder), I have a meta-appreciation for this UX. You made financial modeling actually approachable.
A small question how do you handle 'unknowns' (like projected churn)? Does the tool offer industry benchmarks to fill the gaps, or does it require hard data to work?
Looks interesting, do you know if anyone has actually used this for funding yet?
Incredibly helpful! Early on, it’s really easy to misjudge burn and runway, especially when plans are still shifting around. This'll give founders something concrete they can confidently take into investor conversations, and make sure they don't under/oversell themselves.
This is absolutely crazy in the best way possible! Honestly, the fact that you're building something specifically with early founders in mind means so much. We've all been there—staring at a blank screen trying to figure out how much to actually raise, and getting wildly different advice from everyone around you.
I'm genuinely stoked to try this out.
Spot on problem-solution fit. Most founders (myself included) just double whatever the last guy raised 😅 This gives a defensible number with reasoning to back it up in investor meetings. Appreciate the transparency — trying it now for our next raise. Keep building!
The burn rate reverse calculation makes sense—most founders wing this. How does it account for startups that intentionally over-raise to extend runway beyond the next milestone?
Congrats on launching Funding Goal on Product Hunt! 🎉 Turning fuzzy “how much should we raise?” debates into a concrete, model-driven number tied to burn, runway, and milestones is exactly the kind of leverage early-stage founders need before walking into investor conversations. Really like how you’ve packaged best-practice thinking on funding rounds into a simple, free, founder-friendly calculator that reduces guesswork and makes those tradeoffs much easier to communicate to a team and a board.
