> "I'll give you lots of funding to start a software company

But in this case there was a mildly successful company that didn't seem to need that much money to fulfill their business plan. That is the direction I was aiming at. So they took more than they needed (greed) but didn't get it for free, but with expectations from investors that might not align with the original companies goals.

My critique went into the direction of taking more money than your plan needs.