Most VCs are reactive. They process companies only when they’re actively raising, wave off rounds they can’t get into, and back burner companies between financings. They think like short term sales reps.
The best VCs play a much longer game.
They’re patient. They keep showing up. They help without an immediate financing attached. They build relationships & conviction over months or years.
That’s how you earn a seat in the next round, or create a proprietary one yourself.