Investors expect some sort of payback in the future if they are going to.invest in a company. If their engine is the real deal and the PLA signals that it might be interested in working with them, then I am sure that investors would love to invest in the company.But they lack stable financial support, and their research needs a lot of investment..
this is why Beijing Stock Exchange has established. so far more than hundred SEMs listed and generate millions of Yuan. 70 firms are related to high tech. so they should register their company name and listed in BSE as soon as possible.
They really have a cutting edge team, with strong finance they can do wonders. insane
Otherwise, they will still get some money from someone, lots of state investment funds these days, but don't expect too much private money invested in them