Aeon seem to be suffering from lack of dev resources - missing GUI, missing db integration. Prunning is no option for an exchange, for users missing GUI wallet can be serious disadvantage.
As smooth holds a serious stake in a development fund I suggest to invest larger sum into the further enhancements. For example other cryptonight coin Karbovanec has a nice GUI, sumokoin that was recently released has db backend.. I'm sure there are developers with skills but they won't work for free.

While Aeon is reaching all time high every other day, how about growing the team and offering some bounties?

There is a significant hashing power on the network, do we know where it is concentrated? Funding multiple pools to spread the hashing power is also good thing to do.

@smooth: I know you've been having some hard times, but are you still with us? Do you plan to invest your time or significant amount from the fund into all above?