Institutional ownership when we go to the Nasdaq is a given. The exchange is littered with passive ETFs (most notably BlackRock and Vanguard's ETFs) tracking the Nasdaq Composite, which POET will be a part of. These ETFs will be buying POET simply because that's their job: buy stocks that live on the Nasdaq.
I look forward to purchases made by actively-managed funds as well. Assuming we did sound DDs, POET is a great investment given the disruptive nature of the OI, given the partners that POET has and given the macrotrends around data-center, ML, 5G, Lidar, wearables, so on.
A real company with real products and demand for those products should be on the Nasdaq, period.