Description
Calculate a grant's supplied cash-match requirement and remaining shortfall.
Venture calculations depend on funding scope, fee bases, repayment terms, equity conventions and reporting periods. A post-money investor fraction differs from a pre-money valuation ratio, while constant-burn runway is conditional on a positive burn assumption. Interview consent and reported hypothesis support remain source-record assertions rather than verified evidence.
Calculate a grant's supplied cash-match requirement and remaining shortfall.
When to use this tool
Use Venture Grant Matching Cash Requirement when you already have grantAmount, requiredMatchPerGrantUnit, securedCash and need to calculate a grant's supplied cash-match requirement and remaining shortfall.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter grantAmount, requiredMatchPerGrantUnit, securedCash. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read requiredMatch, shortfall. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative grant, match-per-grant-unit ratio and secured cash; required=grant*ratio, shortfall=max(0,required-secured).1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| grantAmount | Grant Amount | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| requiredMatchPerGrantUnit | Nonnegative matching cash/grant cash ratio, not matching cash/total project cost. | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| securedCash | Secured Cash | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| requiredMatch | Required Match | Required. Finite number. |
| shortfall | Shortfall | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"grantAmount": 1000,
"requiredMatchPerGrantUnit": 0.5,
"securedCash": 300
},
"output": {
"requiredMatch": 500,
"shortfall": 200
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The ratio is match/grant, not match/total project cost. No grant terms, eligibility, cash availability or sufficient funding is verified.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Reconcile the actual cash-flow forecast, financing agreement, cap table and experiment records for a venture decision. Use the full vesting and funding terms and inspect evidence quality; one balance, status label or supplied fraction does not establish feasibility, ownership or customer demand.
References
Similar or alternative tools
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