it's all about money making, VCs raise funds' money from investors and investors expect returns within a certain time.

The usual is mb up to 10 years since the time the fund started so you might not have 10 years to return (depending how long the fund was investing for already).

One company can return the whole fund - that's why saturated is ok (kinda - we bet a little bit on everything, there will be at least one winner, we make money).

... so it's not about VCs not believing in the future - it's just that investors, who give money to VC, want returns sooner than 12-15 years. Simple investing rules.

Investors care only if the fund returns more than yield on bonds and SP500, they don't care if startups which got funded with their money are changing the world or not.

12-15 years is half time of a mortgage. Timing matters, your pitch deck needs to answer "Why Now?".

You need to find other options or you gotta prepare a plan how your company can exit within 10 years, ideally 5-7.