I have never raised money (at least not so far) but as far as I have understood, investors don't care about the fact that you were able to acquire traction usin

I have never raised money (at least not so far) but as far as I have understood, investors don't care about the fact that you were able to acquire traction using miniscule capital. They care that you grew fast and there is a billion dollar market. If your argument is that you grew slow bootstrapped but can replicate that 10x or 100x just by VC money, investors don't take that as a sign of strength or possible future success. You can bootstrap but you need to show high traction to raise money from investors. Bootstrap or not.