No fewer than 14 different online CTA databases are listed within the first 3 posts in this thread. Many ideas there for raising capital as well.
The minimum investment for the program is $25,000. Why $25,000? That's the minimum required to open an account at Rydex. Currently my models are expressed through their Equity, Fixed Income and Currency tracking funds. However, the models can be applied verbatim to the equivalent futures contracts as well. But for now, to keep it simple, I'm just doing the Rydex funds.