I'm an investor with plenty to invest.

But nearly every single thing out there is garbage.  So almost nothing touches my money.  Even if it looks mildly legitimate, I probably won't put a dime into it.  For me to want to put money in it I have to be convinced that the risk of scam & getting goxxed is very low while site profitability makes sense on both the investors/owners ends.

So short story is, your question is kind of ridiculous.  Bitcoin is fairly high risk. Investing in a bitcoin company is higher risk.  If you are ok with that, then go ahead and put it in the best place, if you aren't, then don't.  The market will naturally mature in the mean time if its meant to or it will decay.  The larger profitability and risk will be present in the earlier markets.