Good to hear!
I also read a post about users being able to invest by delegating their Steem to projects in exchange for tokens.
This has been around a while in various guises. Steemhunt, and I think actifit also reward tokens (or at least STEEM) for delegating stake. But yes, I don't think this hasn't really kicked off yet and hopefully SMT will help.
When I'm sad about waiting for SMT, I always go back to this post for a reminder :)
and some lesser known creator had a go on the subject a while back too
https://steemit.com/smt/@abh12345/smt-for-the-attention-of-vango-com