Same thing that I say to my friends, don't go to much for super new stuff just to MAYBE get the hype of it. Stick to coins that are already there and will even progress more in the next years and might go up from 2x-10x
Coins I'm talking about would be:
1. OmiseGo (read about it and you'll for sure see the potential it has next year)
2. Neo
3. Waves
4. Vertcoin
5. Litecoin (Not raising a lot, but constantly always going up a bit, so it's one of the safe investments)
6. Ether (still really high potential with it's technology - look for the Ethereum-roadmap and see what's coming up)
I agree with this, go for the platforms which have great teams and already a big community behind them so a higher chance of long term success, then maybe allocate a small percentage of all funds for the more speculative projects or ICOs that you might be interested in. Important to spread around the risk.