The Sugar Daddy Effect: Why Corporate Venture Capital, Sovereign Wealth Funds, and Green Energy Underperform Despite Abundant Capital

This analysis examines why entities with unimpeded access to capital—corporate venture capital arms, sovereign wealth funds, and green energy investors—collectively underperform relative to their size and resources. The author argues that dependency on parent entities for funding reduces accountability and self-sufficiency, similar to how a 'sugar daddy' relationship undermines autonomy.