I am curious to know from more crypto intelligent mines here, what exactly do investors find appealing in a project - is it the large funding, the quality of the project, or the utility it offers? I would love to hear your thoughts on how funding influences the market performance of a token which is my interest as an individual.
Nah. It has been shown time and time again that Venture Capitalists (VCs) in Crypto do very little due diligence and just invest as much as they can in a project as long as it fits the current narrative. If the narrative is Layer 2s, they just invest as much as they can in all layer 2s that pop up. I believe they know that not all projects will cook so they just invest in all and if 2-5 minimum out of every 10 projects investors turns out well, they still make profit even if the other 50% goes.
To put this into perspective, VCs usually get between 100 to 500x (example Celestia, World coin, etc) ROI. They can only lose 100% of invested capital but can always get unlimited upward potential. So there you have it. It's why gaming projects have garnered that much fundings in recent times.