Most importantly, it shows that someone is willing to put their cash on the line. And that 'someone' knows a lot more about what's going on behind the scenes than the rest of us. So his confidence should give us hope that the more substantial funding will indeed follow.
And I've been waiting for the first domino to fall. Once the $$$ starts to flow, it gets easier and easier for more money to follow the lead.
I don't know what to expect from the market short term (thanks Illiad and tax selling), but eventually I believe the market will show a more reasonable value for sfmi.