When Japan's Yokohama Rubber announced the acquisition of Alliance Tire a few days back, it was the end of the long and successful road.

The quality and quantity of start-ups in India have completely changed.

They encouraged start-ups to pay for acquiring customers rather than focusing on the business fundamentals.

Deal values have been falling steadily since May this year, when it touched a high of $851 million.

What work in Jaipur's favour are lower costs, a good talent pool, better quality of life, and proximity to the Delhi National Capital Region

Access to capital for sub-standard companies is on the decline

Many believe he would soon start a new venture.

Investors seem to be very keen on investing in startups.

An online platform suits many new angel investors who are professionals with tech companies or start-up founders.

In India, where it is tougher to do business, a start-up gets established by the Series-B stage, and it gets expensive for investors.

In the past three weeks, early-stage venture capital firm Matrix Partners has invested in three start-ups.

Nicolas Franchet, Facebook's global head of retail and e-commerce, talks to Business Standard about how the company can help e-commerce firms target customers.

The latest update is on Zomato's fourth acquisition overseas this year.

Ramping up globally, the Indian restaurant search service is going as local as possible in its markets to improve its brand's stickiness.

India's internet subscriber base is 100-150 million, depending on whose estimates you take, and is growing at 20-30% a year.