Hey there! Status is acctually making this investment not in the traditional capacity, but rather allowing New Vector (matrix, riot) to continue their developme

Hey there! Status is acctually making this investment not in the traditional capacity, but rather allowing New Vector (matrix, riot) to continue their development on their own terms. Status has a very close to working MVP; developing an application completely based off of new protocols and a decentralized environment is no easy task and much R&D still has to be done with Ethereum and the whole ecosystem in general before any of these new systems are production ready; and Status aims to stay true to the ethos of keeping a completely decentralized interface and system while supporting others in the ecosystem that share that same vision. If you sign up for our alpha on status.im you can test out our (already functional) product. The majority of work left to be done is in performance and security audits.