As an investor, i cannot participate in IEO conducted by small and new exchanges. The main reason why IEOs are preferred to ICOs is because they are more prone to scam than ICOs, and this is because the exchange validates its legality with their reputation. Imagine Binance or any top exchange conducting a scam project, it will jeopardize their integrity, and these exchanges do not want their integrity in question, so they only offer legit and promising projects IEO. New exchanges do not have the reputation to validate a project, they are just after the profit, SO they might promote a scam project either intentionally or unintentionally.
Some IEO doesn't require huge funds, although any new projects doesn't need millions millions USD to build service. In 2018 so many projects launch one app and fund rise 10 millions. Same wrong paths is choosing new exchange, for few updates new exchange is helping scam projects.