Stop Wasting Hours on Spreadsheets. Steal These 8 Templates Instead

Before your next pitch, download these 8 templates every founder should have ready

Founders don’t have time to mess with Excel formulas.

You’re building product, pitching VCs, hiring your first team.
The last thing you should be doing is hacking together a cap table from scratch or guessing your runway.

So we fixed that.

In this article, you’ll find 8 plug-and-play Excel templates used by real startup teams to raise faster, track burn, model growth, and answer every investor question with confidence.

They’re clean, powerful, and finally available.

These 8 Excel templates help founders save time, raise faster, and build with clarity

Here’s what you’ll unlock:

1. Cap Table Template

Track ownership and dilution across every round.
No more messy spreadsheets. This version is founder-friendly and investor-proof.

▫️ Use it to model SAFEs, priced rounds, and employee equity
▫️ Perfect for pre-seed to Series A

📌 Quick tip: Always match with your legal docs after every round.

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2. SaaS Financial Model

Your full-stack SaaS model in one file. Churn, CAC, LTV, P&L, runway, and valuation — all done for you.

▫️ Dashboards included
▫️ Just drop in your numbers and go

📌 Quick tip: Keep your CAC and churn on a tight leash. They’ll make or break you.

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3. Startup MIS Tool

An internal dashboard that shows exactly how you’re doing — revenue, AOV, returns, cancellations, and more.

▫️ Tracks monthly and yearly performance
▫️ Helps you catch problems early

📌 Quick tip: Customize it to your own KPIs and keep the raw data clean.

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4. E-Commerce Runway Calculator

You’ve got inventory, paid ads, and thin margins. This calculator tells you exactly how many months of cash you have left.

▫️ Plug in revenue and burn
▫️ Stress test different growth scenarios

📌 Quick tip: Use this every time you consider a new hire or big campaign.

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5. SaaS Runway Calculator

Built for recurring revenue. Calculates how much time you’ve got left before cash runs dry — and how fast you can grow without going broke.

▫️ Designed for MRR-based businesses
▫️ Great for board decks and investor updates

📌 Quick tip: Run best/worst-case churn and CAC scenarios every quarter.

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6. Fund Use & Allocation Tool

Investors always ask, “What will you do with the money?” This tool makes it visual, clear, and credible.

▫️ Easy to drop into pitch decks
▫️ Customizable graphs that don’t look like they came from 1998

📌 Quick tip: Align your spend with milestones, not timelines.

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7. Hardware + Software Financial Model

Building a hybrid business? This template models both unit sales and SaaS subscriptions in one place.

▫️ Hardware + recurring revenue done right
▫️ Includes clear unit economics and a rollup sheet

📌 Quick tip: Watch your blended margin like a hawk. That’s where most fail.

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8. Consumer Startup Model

For DTC and B2C startups that want to scale smart. Forecast growth, expenses, funding needs, and investor returns with clarity.

▫️ Built-in investor metrics (IRR, dilution, ROI)
▫️ Dynamic dashboards for fundraising

📌 Quick tip: Keep your IRR tab updated before every investor call. It pays off.

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You’ll save weeks of work.
You’ll sound smarter in investor meetings.
You’ll build with clarity instead of gut guesses.

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