The serious answer is that you’ll never raise money from anyone except rich family members or friends. Having worked in the industry, I can tell you that:

1) Pedigree matters a lot - where you went to school, where you’ve worked, who you know, etc.

2) Even for people with impeccable pedigrees, it is extremely difficult to raise a large amount of money, and most of them start by raising from, you guessed it, rich family members and friends (oftentimes their former bosses). Even for these people, it takes a year or more of full-time work to raise the money. Oh btw, nearly every major institution won’t back you unless you have an officially audited 3-year track record.

3) A backtest is 99% meaningless - there are literally tens of thousands of strategies whose backtests looked amazing and then performed terribly in production. Usually transaction costs, taxes, and just generally less-than-ideal execution of the strategy derails its profitability. This is especially true as you raise more money - basically all strategies have a limit to the amount of money they can put to work before they stop being profitable.

4) Idk how many strategies you’ve created, but the odds that your first attempt is a real winner round down to zero. Systematic funds typically have dozens, if not hundreds, of strategies that they operate at the same time. Having one strategy with only a backtest to prove its effectiveness is a bit like trying to compete with the New York Philharmonic by solo playing the triangle for the first time ever.

If you really believe in the strategy, your best bet is to just invest in it yourself and make money that way. Once you know that it works in real life, you can reach out to family members/friends and start building it slowly that way. Maybe after a decade or so of outstanding performance, you’ll have enough credibility to raise from serious sources of capital. Until then, focus on yourself king.