London, June 15, 2026- TEAM LEWIS, the global marketing agency has launched Catalyst – a new service and fund specifically designed to help agencies struggling to cope with challenging market conditions.
The London-based fund will take majority and minority equity stakes in all types of marketing and communications agencies around the world. It will provide expertise, technology, legal and financial assistance. In most instances, an initial assessment response will be made within 48 hours. All requests will be treated confidentially.
“The combined challenge of shrinking budgets, changing technology and rising staff costs have created the perfect storm for many agencies. The recent wave of bankruptcies that we’ve seen point to the challenging conditions of our times. However, we often see agencies coming to us when it’s too late,” said Chief Operating Officer, Yvonne van Bokhoven.
“We see many promising agencies, sometimes with innovations or a talented team that fail unnecessarily. This could be because they have too much debt, had an onerous lease or shareholders with short-term goals,” van Bokhoven added. “We’re also happy to offer our skills to help relaunch holding company brands that want to break away.”
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