Burn Multiple Benchmarks for Series A SaaS in 2026
What burn multiple gets a Series A funded in 2026 (<1.5), what doesn't (>2.0), the 3 inputs founders calculate wrong, and 5 levers to fix it in 90 days.
What burn multiple gets a Series A funded in 2026 (<1.5), what doesn't (>2.0), the 3 inputs founders calculate wrong, and 5 levers to fix it in 90 days.
Most startup runway numbers are off by 2-4 months. Trailing burn, lumpy timing, and gross-vs-net confusion. The cleaner method, from a fractional CFO.