McClure’s 500 Startups taking root in India, according to SEC filing

Silicon Valley hotdog Dave McClure and his incubator, 500 Startups, are looking to the Indian subcontinent for a new wave of entrepreneurship, according to a recently filed Form D.

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McClure filed with the SEC to form a new, $5 million limited partnership VC fund called 500 StartupWallah.

“Wallah” is a common Indian suffix used to convey the kind of work you do. E.g., a chai-wallah is someone who serves tea; a bottley-wallah is someone who does recycling; a startup-wallah is someone who does startups.

The fund has yet to make its first sale of securities (i.e., raise its hoped-for $5 million). But with McClure’s provenance and connections (remember, he’s one of the Paypal Mafia), $5 million should be small, easily gathered potatoes.

We’ve been in touch with McClure about the filing; due to the extremely early nature of the fund, he’s unable to offer any comment.

But if you follow McClure’s other money, it’s clear he’s looking into a number of regions where technology is huge and in a position to have a large impact on sometimes-struggling economies and even democratize social strata.

Earlier this year, he took part in a super-angel, pan-Asian project called Jungle Ventures. He also acquired a Mexican VC fund outright, giving 500 Startups a foothold in Latin America.

Even the current 500 Startups application process is geared toward finding talent outside the Valley, and in its most recent batch, 57 percent of the incubator’s teams were international.

Put it altogether, and whaddaya get? McClure’s going for India and the rest of the world, obvs.

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Additional reporting by VentureBeat writer Rebecca Grant.