"How the heck, could Copetti / Lebby and even Rockley attain and convince big money to invest and get their companies (Copetti for POET obviously) valued at around 400 million and more?"
ABC, for the most part, Copetti fooled many who were, and many who still are, on Agoracom. Remember, he was "all about shareholder value." What a crock, and wools bought it. One of the all time platitudes.