If I'm not mistakin, DUSK is only conducting a private sale but yes, with the current market slump, I think it will have an effect as every investors are now becoming more cautious and in a "wait and see" attitude towards investing in crypto.
Last year some ICOs had $200 M contributions (hell, EOS got 4 BILLION dollars...), so I think that Dusk's goal isn't impossible to reach, we're talking about "only" $14M if I recall correctly
They were conducting an ICO for public investors. That was when crypto is a hype and everyone want to invest in crypto.
Dusk is looking for only serious investors. Its very difficult to get them but they will have a very good value to the project.