Does the amount of money raised in an ico determine the success of the project??
Is a necessity to do a fund raiser in order to start up a project??
Did satoshi nakamoto and vitalik also started a fund raised??
Satoshi no, Because in the beginning of the story of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is starting to use as payment for pizza and ETC. But as I know ETH is started at ICO or ITO or TGE not sure but from token sale and related on your topic.