Made an account just after seeing this. Been trying to find a way to invest my Bitcoin in projects like these. Thanks for the share, I signed up for the newsletter.
It's a good question. I haven't seen them in the Counterparty forums or Bitcointalk thread. I own some XCP but no MC. My reasoning is because XCP had proof of burn and has seen steady dev progress. Sometimes, millions in funding cause more problems for a project than it solves.
They didn't issue a coin like Swarm did, no advertise as crypto-equity (get into legal run-ins) - these guys seem to be doing it in a legal, clean cut manner - raising money for crypto projects.