Intervention before it's too late
Discovering a portfolio company has three months of runway during a quarterly check-in is too late to help. By then, the founder is already in crisis mode, options are limited, and the best outcome is a desperate bridge round on bad terms. Proactive alerts change the entire dynamic.
Start your free trialA startup can go from 12 months of runway to 4 months in a single quarter if they miss a major contract renewal, hire ahead of plan, or see an unexpected spike in infrastructure costs. If your cadence for reviewing burn data is quarterly, you're always looking at stale numbers.
Even when founders share monthly updates, the information often arrives as a paragraph buried in a long email. You skim it, note that things seem fine, and move on. Three months later, you discover the burn rate quietly doubled while you were focused on new deals. The founder didn't flag it because they were optimistic about a pipeline deal that didn't close.
The difference between a well-timed bridge conversation at 9 months runway and a panicked one at 3 months is often the difference between a company surviving and shutting down. Automated alerts give you that lead time without requiring you to manually track 20 companies' cash positions every week.
Set tiered alerts at 12, 9, 6, and 3 months of remaining runway — or any custom thresholds that match your fund's intervention playbook. Different companies can have different thresholds based on stage, fundraising timeline, or risk profile.
Don't wait for runway to hit a threshold. Get alerted when burn rate is accelerating faster than planned, even if absolute runway is still comfortable. Catch the trajectory change early enough to course-correct before it becomes urgent.
Receive alerts via email digest or see them front and center on your Archstone dashboard. Critical alerts get immediate email delivery. Lower-priority watches are batched into your weekly portfolio summary. You choose the cadence per alert level.
Every alert is logged with its trigger date, threshold crossed, and resolution. Track which companies have been in alert status before, how quickly situations were resolved, and what actions were taken. Build institutional memory around portfolio risk management.
Already aware of a situation and actively working on it? Snooze the alert with a required reason note. The alert pauses for your chosen duration and automatically reactivates. No alert disappears silently — every snooze is documented for partner review.
When a company hits a critical runway threshold, Archstone can draft and queue a check-in email to the founder on your behalf. You review and approve before it sends. The email includes a scheduling link for a call, turning an alert into an action in one click.
A 9-month runway alert gives you time to assess the situation, rally co-investors, and structure a bridge on reasonable terms. Starting the conversation early means the founder negotiates from a position of planning, not desperation.
Trend alerts on accelerating burn create natural coaching moments. Share the data with founders and work together on expense reduction or revenue acceleration plans before runway becomes the conversation topic at every board meeting.
When three companies are in alert status simultaneously, the dashboard shows you which needs attention first based on runway urgency, burn trajectory, and fundraising readiness. Allocate your limited GP time where it matters most.
Archstone supports fully customizable threshold alerts at any runway duration you choose. Most GPs set up a tiered system: an informational alert at 12 months, a watch alert at 9 months, a warning at 6 months, and a critical alert at 3 months. You can set different thresholds for different companies based on their stage, burn profile, or fundraising timeline.
Archstone uses trend-based analysis rather than point-in-time snapshots. A one-month blip in burn rate due to a large annual payment won't trigger an alert. Instead, Archstone looks at rolling averages and trajectory. You can also snooze alerts with a required reason log, so acknowledged situations don't keep pinging you every week.
Yes. You can configure automatic founder outreach on critical thresholds. When a company crosses your critical runway threshold, Archstone can send a pre-drafted email to the founder requesting a check-in call. The email is customizable, comes from your email address, and includes a scheduling link. You review and approve before it sends.
Beyond simple threshold alerts, Archstone monitors the rate of change in burn rate. If a company's monthly burn increases by more than 20% over a rolling three-month period, you'll receive a trend alert even if the absolute runway is still comfortable. This catches companies that are spending faster than planned before they hit a runway wall.
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