# Jonathan Strauss > Jonathan Strauss is a seed investor at Climate Draft backing Software and Customer Service. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Climate Draft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climate-draft) - Location: Los Angeles, United States - Total investments: 4 - Last investment: Oct 2022 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhstrauss - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jstrauss - Website: https://x.com/jstrauss - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jonathanhstrauss Jonathan Strauss is a seed investor at Climate Draft in Los Angeles focused on Software and Customer Service. Jonathan Strauss is the Co-founder and CEO of Climate Draft. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 2 | 50% | | Customer Service | 2 | 50% | | Sales Automation | 2 | 50% | | CRM | 1 | 25% | | Apps | 1 | 25% | 14 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 2 | 50% | | Funding Round | 1 | 25% | | Corporate Round | 1 | 25% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Laylo | Laylo powers drops for some of the world’s biggest creators and brands. Drops have become the predominant marketing strategy for merch, tickets and content and we're building the leading CRM to power them. The platform combines landing pages, messaging, link tracking, and more to empower musicians, live events, promoters, and brands with thetools to drive more sales and streams around their most important moments.We’re building a next-generation marketing platform complete with drop campaigns, cross-platform messaging, landing pages, and link tracking –giving creators the power to own and activate their fanbase. | $3M | | Oct 12, 2022 | | | Laylo | Laylo powers drops for some of the world’s biggest creators and brands. Drops have become the predominant marketing strategy for merch, tickets and content and we're building the leading CRM to power them. The platform combines landing pages, messaging, link tracking, and more to empower musicians, live events, promoters, and brands with thetools to drive more sales and streams around their most important moments.We’re building a next-generation marketing platform complete with drop campaigns, cross-platform messaging, landing pages, and link tracking –giving creators the power to own and activate their fanbase. | $3M | Corporate Round | Oct 12, 2022 | | | Intercom | Intercom is a Conversational Relationship Platform (CRP) that helps businesses build better customer relationships through personalized, messenger-based experiences. It’s the only platform that delivers conversational experiences across the customer journey, with solutions for Conversational Marketing, Conversational Customer Engagement andConversational Support.Intercom is bringing a messenger-first experience to all business-to-customer communication, powering 500 million conversations per month and connecting 4 billion unique end users worldwide across its more than 25,000 paying customers, including Atlassian, Sotheby’s and New Relic.The company was founded in 2011 in San Francisco by Eoghan McCabe, Des Traynor, Ciaran Lee and David Barrett, with the mission to make internet business personal. Intercom was valued at $1.275 billion in 2018 and has secured $241 million in funding from investors including Kleiner Perkins, Bessemer Venture Partners and Social Capital. | $1M | Seed | Jan 25, 2012 | | | Fin | Fin is the Customer Agent company delivering perfect customer experiences – from support to sales to commerce. 30,000+ companies use our products. Fin resolves over 2 million conversations weekly, is doubling growth year on year, and has surpassed $400M in annual recurring revenue. Founded as Intercom in 2011, we revolutionized modern customercommunication. When it became clear AI would fundamentally reshape the industry, we reinvented the company – rebuilding our product, infrastructure, and team around AI. Still founder-led, we're one of the largest and fastest-growing private software companies in the world, with more than 1,400 people across six global offices. | | Seed | | | 4 of 4 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [LVRN Studios](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lvrn-studios) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Moment Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moment-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Third Prime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/third-prime) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Digital Garage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-ga) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Eldridge Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eldridge) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Eldridge Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eldridgeindustries) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Climate Draft VC Fund 1 contacts available at Climate Draft. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Jonathan Strauss | Co-founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-strauss | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Galaxy Interactive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galaxy-interactive) — VC Fund - [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Art Angel Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/art-angel-investors) - [Art Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/art-investors-united-states) - [Art Angel Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/art-angel-investors-united-states) - [Music Angel Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/music-angel-investors-united-states) ## FAQ ### What does Jonathan Strauss invest in? Jonathan Strauss invests primarily in Software, Customer Service and Sales Automation startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Jonathan Strauss last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Jonathan Strauss closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly. ### Is Shizune's investor data accurate? Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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