19York

Founded in 2014 by marketing industry entrepreneur Martin Lauber, 19York is an investment company that offers funding, back office support, strategy and business development for a progressive network of marketing communications companies. The “anti-holding” company, 19York makes minority investments in and strategically supports start-ups and existing boutique-sized, specialty marketing agencies and technology platforms. 19York builds value by fostering entrepreneurship among professionals who create award-winning work for their clients while maintaining control of their own futures. The agencies invested in by 19York have partnered with Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, P&G, InBev, Amazon, Starbucks, Clorox, Sprint and Nestle to develop AI-driven market insights; brand creation and design; influencer marketing; earned media and social media amplification; culture change internal communications; innovation acceleration; go-to-market DTC outsourcing; experiential marketing; paid performance media pla