Eh, if it’s adding friction to the process of getting funding then it’s a step in the right direction. Indirect usually means more time consuming, more complicated, more expensive and generally less available overall, which means that fewer companies will actually complete the process.

If they have to go through a middleman it makes this far less attractive. That means money lost paying the middleman and a lot of extra time spent communicating through them. Imposing extra costs is actually a very effective way to influence business decisions.