I agree, the next round of financing is inevitable, it's only a matter of when will it occur, and we know there has been a ton of hiring in 2017, so hopefully they will get a better deal from the "sophisticated" investors this time around, maybe that was the deal, they got to rape the retailers for the first round of "sophisticated" financing, and then future rounds would be guaranteed to be more favorable to the company after the sophisticated investors got control of enough shares at rock bottom prices
It is also possible that LWLG will partner on an Optical Engine chip using the POET Interposer technology just announced