I scream 'not to invest' because it is counter to your stated goals -- distribution was supposed to be free and fair, remember? Taking REAL money for a vendetta project is shameful.
I haven't followed NEX closely, but going from 'free' to taking peoples money just screams this guy is clowning without makeup
so NEX will be working on an entirely new code base because NXT itself is not worth building a foundation on.
This is good, coz original Nxt code contains traps that will be triggered if someone uses it with different genesis block. I hope u will really rewrite the code, coz if u use Nxt code then NEX will be dead within a couple of days.
where in the world do you come up with fiction like this?

so not only is the code proprietary... it is full of traps.
so many traps, that you yourself can't extricate away from its bugs.
heck... it is so buggy it is a joke.
everybody who has downloaded the code knows it is a joke.
the only reason the coin is up in BTER is because people can't transfer any coins to BTER. The entire network is broken.
Here is my NXT address on BTER: 1552250839866495550
Send me coins to prove that NXT even works.
I've completed exactly 540 transactions in the 30 days since I opened my first Nxt account. All confirmed with minutes.
Post bugs. Post these 'jokes'. Put up or shut up. Maybe one of your 'at least three' java developers could come along illuminate the subject for us.
Constantly repeating something doesn't make it true. In fact, it makes the accuser look like he's clowning without makeup.
Let me get this straight -- Nxt is broken, it's about to collapse, but you're basing NEX on Nxt but going to rewrite 85% of the code (instead of doing what a normal, innovative dev would do -- DEVELOP THEIR OWN PLATFORM). And all the while, take people people's money.