How Augsense Uses whatifi to Secure Funding & Scale Production
For startups like Augsense, securing funding and scaling production requires more than just a great product—it demands clear, data-driven financial planning. By using whatifi, Augsense built dynamic financial models to forecast cash flow, test funding scenarios, and optimize production costs. This gave investors confidence in their strategy is helping them scale with precision.
Augsense is a pioneering hardware company specializing in gesture-based communication tools for military and defense operations. Their cutting-edge technology enables soldiers to communicate silently and efficiently in high-stakes environments, reducing operational risk and increasing mission effectiveness.
As Augsense prepares for a major funding round, they face a dual challenge:
1. Financial Forecasting for Investors - Understanding cash flow risks, funding needs, and the impact of contract wins and losses.
2. Supply Chain & Inventory Management - Ensuring they could manufacture and deliver their product at scale while balancing cost efficiency.
Static spreadsheets aren't enough to handle these complex, interdependent challenges. They needed a dynamic solution to model both financial and operational scenarios in real time. And they needed to be able to communicate all of these options to their investors and stakeholders.
The Challenge: High-Stakes Financial & Supply Chain Decisions
To secure investor confidence and prepare for growth, Augsense needed to answer several critical questions:
Fundraising & Financial Strategy:
💰 How much funding did they actually need? They needed to model their burn rate, contract pipeline, and cash flow projections from 2025 to 2029.
📉 What if key military contracts fell through? They had to assess worst-case financial scenarios and identify backup funding strategies.
📊 What cost reductions could stabilize cash flow? Understanding where they could optimize spending without jeopardizing operations.
Supply Chain & Inventory Planning:
🚚 Can we meet demand at scale? Augsense needed to model production capacity against anticipated contract wins.
🔄 What’s the best order and re-order strategy? They had to balance lead times, supplier reliability, and cost efficiency to ensure on-time deliveries.
📦 How does supply chain risk affect financials? Investors needed assurance that supply bottlenecks wouldn’t derail revenue projections.
Without a real-time, interactive modeling tool, answering these questions would have required time-consuming manual updates across multiple spreadsheets.
The Solution: Dynamic Scenario Planning with whatifi Scenario Services
By leveraging whatifi’s tech-enabled capacity planning and scenario modeling experience, Augsense gained instant visibility into both their financial future and operational readiness.
With whatifi Scenario Services, Augsense was able to:
✅ Model financial scenarios instantly - Best-case, worst-case, and cash-neutral projections adjusted in real time.
✅ Visualize cash flow risks & funding needs - Allowing investors to see how Augsense would allocate capital efficiently.
✅ Optimize supply chain planning - Mapping parts, supplier reliability, and inventory levels against production schedules.
✅ Identify the right re-order cadence - Ensuring components were available without overstocking or unnecessary costs.
✅ Mitigate supply chain disruptions - Factoring in lead times and alternative supplier scenarios to keep production on track.
Unlike static financial models, whatifi allowed Augsense to test multiple funding and supply chain strategies simultaneously - giving them the confidence to scale efficiently.
The Impact: Funding Secured & Operational Readiness Improved
Integrating fundraising strategy and supply chain planning into a single, dynamic scenario model gave Augsense a massive advantage.
📈 Investor Confidence Increased - Data-driven financial models reassured investors that Augsense was prepared for multiple outcomes.
🔄 Stronger Supply Chain Resilience - Augsense could now forecast supplier constraints, parts availability, and production capacity.
💡 Informed Cost Decisions - Real-time modeling allowed them to optimize spending without jeopardizing production.
💰 Funding Secured with a Clear Growth Plan - With whatifi’s insights, Augsense was able to plan their capital raise while demonstrating they could scale efficiently.
"Being able to adjust both our financial projections and our supply chain strategy in real time was a game-changer. We didn’t just build a plan - we created multiple roadmaps for long-term success."
Anant Singh, COO
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Whatifi helps businesses like Augsense plan, scale, and secure funding with confidence. Whether you need to model cash flow, capacity planning, or supply chain risks, our platform gives you real-time insights that drive smarter decisions.
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