Total Cash in Bank
Sum of all bank account balances at the reporting cut-off, expressed in a single reporting currency after FX conversion. This is the gross top-of-house cash number — it does not net out restrictions, near-term liabilities, or commitments. The board reads this as the absolute denominator for runway and as a checksum against the cap table (capital raised − cumulative net burn ≈ cash). Common pitfall: founders sometimes report a USD figure that silently includes ILS/EUR accounts at stale FX rates — always reconcile against the bank-accounts list (per FX-aware MultiCurrencyAccountList) and tag the rate date. — Finance KPI, I'mBoard-authored (editorial tier).
I'mBoard-authored (editorial tier)
No public third-party standard anchors this KPI yet, so I'mBoard authors and maintains the definition — transparently labeled as editorial tier. See the ontology methodology for the published vs editorial tier system and the back-attribution workstream.
Rogue ID: finance.total_cash_in_bank
Type: Currency
Domain: Finance
Definition
Sum of all bank account balances at the reporting cut-off, expressed in a single reporting currency after FX conversion. This is the gross top-of-house cash number — it does not net out restrictions, near-term liabilities, or commitments. The board reads this as the absolute denominator for runway and as a checksum against the cap table (capital raised − cumulative net burn ≈ cash). Common pitfall: founders sometimes report a USD figure that silently includes ILS/EUR accounts at stale FX rates — always reconcile against the bank-accounts list (per FX-aware MultiCurrencyAccountList) and tag the rate date.
Formula
Sum of period-end balances across all bank accounts, converted to the board reporting currency at the cut-off date FX rate. See `finance.bank_accounts_list` for the underlying line items.Why it matters
The denominator of runway and the single most important survival input — every other cash KPI is read in proportion to this number. Also the basic cap-table sanity check: capital raised minus cumulative net burn should reconcile to total cash within working-capital noise.
How to interpret
Read in conjunction with finance.total_restricted_cash and finance.net_burn_rate to derive operationally available runway. A drop materially larger than net burn for the period signals an unreported outflow (deposit, settlement, FX) that deserves a board note. No published industry threshold exists for "good" — interpretation is always company- and stage-specific.
Related KPIs
finance.total_restricted_cashfinance.total_unrestricted_cashfinance.operationally_available_cashfinance.net_burn_ratefinance.runway_monthsfinance.bank_accounts_list
Source
I'mBoard editorial — authored and maintained by I'mBoard, first published 2026-04-01. No third-party standard is cited for this KPI; when one emerges, the definition is back-attributed and promoted to the published tier (a minor version bump). Read the ontology methodology for the published vs editorial tier system, attribution rules, and dispute process.
Stage relevance
| Company stage | Priority |
|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | Core |
| Seed | Core |
| Series A | Core |
| Series B | Core |
| Series C+ | Core |
| Public | Core |
Suggested for stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C+, Public.
Default owning functions
- Finance
Machine-readable
- This KPI as JSON:
/api/ontology/finance/total_cash_in_bank.json - All Finance KPIs:
/api/ontology/finance.json - Full catalog:
/api/ontology/index.json
Runway (Months)
Estimated number of months the company can operate at the current net burn before unrestricted cash reaches zero, holding everything else constant. The single most consequential survival input for venture-backed companies — it sets the urgency of every fundraising, hiring, and cost decision. Common pitfall: runway is often quoted off `finance.total_cash_in_bank` and a single-month spot-burn instead of operationally-available cash and a 3-month-trailing burn — the result is a runway that looks 2–4 months longer than it actually is when working capital tightens. Boards should ask which cash and which burn went into the calculation. — Finance KPI anchored to KBCM/Sapphire SaaS Survey 2024 (15th Annual).
Total Operational Inflow
Sum of cash actually received from operating activities for the period — customer collections (subscription, services, transactional revenue), refunds claimed back from vendors, and any operating tax credits. Excludes financing activities (debt draws, equity proceeds) and investing activities (asset sales, investment income). This is the numerator-side of the net-burn equation, and the cash-basis counterpart to recognized revenue on the P&L. Common pitfall: companies sometimes book annual SaaS prepayments here as a single-month inflow, masking the underlying monthly run-rate — split lumpy items out or smooth over a trailing 3 months. — Finance KPI, I'mBoard-authored (editorial tier).