Kyle Bass Invests in Company Trying to Predict World's Next Big Trouble Spot
- New York-based startup Predata closes its seed funding round
- Capital to be used to hire more engineers, expand R&D
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Kyle Bass, known for his contrarian bets against U.S. subprime mortgages and Chinese banks, has joined a $3.2 million initial funding round for Predata, a New York-based startup that uses data from online conversations to predict political volatility and risk.
Bass committed his own money independent of Hayman Capital Management, the Dallas-based hedge fund he founded, to join the seed round led by New Jersey-based investment firm Edison Partners, Predata said in a statement. Venture capital firms Chicago Ventures and Conversion Capital have also participated, the company said. None disclosed the size of their investments.