I'm not sure about the funds raised, but I can say that now any project can be successful, because cryptocurrency has gone up, and not only in Bitcoin.
yes the increase in the market is affecting the success of the project or the main IOU project, because the rising market situation will get a definite advantage more than the team
Really? I don't think that the rise in the market will affect the project since there are no relations between on it, but if they still had bitcoin, i'm pretty sure they will get a lot of returns.