This statement is far different from an ICO or company you buy a portion of their share. For example, a company is regulated and ICO is not, so you lose your money, you can't find it anywhere.
If you buy into ICO, you don't know the mind of the project owners which majority are to scam you just as you have read the most thread, the lack of trust in icos anymore. If you are building your investment or company, you know you are genuine about it and you will make it grow but most icos intentionally are to scam, is another business for them.
The thing you can do is follow projects and test their execution, for example, I have been following a project called Lympo and not only they did everything they say they will, but there is something big coming up. There was a leak like here: http://boards.4channel.org/biz/thread/15515880
And there are some serious rumors that something big is coming
If you buy into ICO, you don't know the mind of the project owners which majority are to scam you just as you have read the most thread, the lack of trust in icos anymore. If you are building your investment or company, you know you are genuine about it and you will make it grow but most icos intentionally are to scam, is another business for them.
The thing you can do is follow projects and test their execution, for example, I have been following a project called Lympo and not only they did everything they say they will, but there is something big coming up. There was a leak like here: http://boards.4channel.org/biz/thread/15515880
And there are some serious rumors that something big is coming