To raise startup funding, you must do the following:
Prepare for the fundraise with a pitch deck, financials, and other documents.
Identify investors for your deal.
Research the investors to see if they are a good fit.
Find a mutual contact to make an introduction to the investor.
Make contact with the investors and pitch them.
Follow up the interested investors to close.
For every ten investors you talk to, you will find about 2-4 are interested, and only one will invest.
So if you need to raise $500K and your minimum investment is $25K, you need to close 20 investors. That means you need you to find, contact, and pitch 200 investors.
Of course, you may find some investors interested in more than a $25K investment, which would reduce the number of investors required to finish the raise.
You need a way to take some of those hours off your schedule.