For sure it helps to get to know investors over long periods of time. However, the investors that invested in my company knew me for 45 minutes (YC), a few wee

For sure it helps to get to know investors over long periods of time. However, the investors that invested in my company knew me for 45 minutes (YC), a few weeks (Sequoia), and a few months (NEA). It's important as a founder not to make excuses for yourself. Sure, it's easier to get money if you've known investors for a long time, but it's certainly possible to get it without knowing them for awhile. In YC's specific case, we don't know the great majority of the people we fund at all.