How SafetyVue Uses Forecastr To Navigate Growth, Raise Capital, and Build Investor Confidence

Tim Wolter’s journey to launching SafetyVue started with two personal wake-up calls—one at home and one on the job site.

At home, he noticed how a small environmental change helped his daughter focus better in school. Around the same time, a close friend and construction colleague was seriously injured due to poor safety training—a tragic event that led to millions in recovery and insurance costs.

That combination of insight and experience sparked a powerful idea: What if adaptive learning could improve job site safety? 

With years of experience in the construction industry and a strong entrepreneurial background, Tim set out to build SafetyVue—a platform that uses dynamic simulations and predictive analytics to help companies identify risks and prevent accidents before they happen. His mission? To make safety training smarter, more personalized, and more impactful. 

Having led startups before, Tim knew that a solid financial model was non-negotiable. He built out a complex spreadsheet—over 20 tabs deep—based on QuickBooks exports and industry research. But as the business evolved and the stakes grew, that manual approach started to hold him back.

Finding a Better Way to Forecast

After years of building his own financial models, Tim Wolter knew firsthand how limiting spreadsheets could be, especially when you're running a fast-moving startup. They were time-consuming, hard to update, and lacked the flexibility needed to adapt to changing business conditions. As SafetyVue grew, Tim realized he needed a better way to forecast and make decisions with confidence.

“That customer-first approach—it’s not just talk,” Tim said. “They’ve been with me every step of the way, helping me figure things out when it really matters.”

With Forecastr, Tim didn’t just get a tool—he got a finance professional on his team. That partnership gave him more time to focus on growing the business and the confidence to make strategic decisions quickly.

The experience was so impactful that Forecastr became a core part of SafetyVue’s toolkit, and Tim now recommends it to every fellow founder who is navigating the same challenges. 

With Forecastr, Tim could model different funding scenarios in real time. Whether he was exploring how much capital to raise, testing hiring plans, or adjusting go-to-market timelines, he could instantly see the impact on burn rate, runway, and profit margins—without manually updating dozens of formulas.

This bottom-up approach helped Tim move quickly, think strategically, and make data-driven decisions that aligned with SafetyVue’s growth goals. “Financials are one of the top three things investors care about,” Tim said. “Forecastr helped me walk into those conversations prepared.”

But it wasn’t just the forecasting power that made the difference—it was how easy it was to communicate with investors. Forecastr gave Tim polished reports and a shareable, interactive model, making it simple to show exactly where the business stood and how capital would be deployed.