Lewis Gersh

Chief Stamp Licker at PebblePost

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 17 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2014𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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17
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Investor, Board Member
2014
Bombora is the leading provider of Intent data for B2B sales and marketing. Bombora's data aligns marketing and sales teams, enabling them to base their actions on the knowledge of which businesses are actively researching what products, and the intensity of that research. Using this information, marketers can drive more qualified demand through the funnel, while sales teams can better prioritize accounts and have higher quality conversations. The source of this data is the first co-operative of 5,000+ premium B2B media companies. Members contribute content consumption and behavioral data about their audiences that are aggregated into over 10,000+ Intent topics. In turn, they can better understand their audiences, serve advertisers and monetize their inventory.
Investor, Board
2011
At 33Across, our goal is to make the open web work without cookies in a way that is simple and fair for publishers. Our identity solution, Lexicon, makes inventory easily addressable across all browsers for publishers, SSPs, DSPs, and data companies.
Investor, Board Member
2010
Nearbuy Systems provides a platform for multi-channel retailers to engage smartphone wielding shoppers while they are in-store. Sitting at the intersection of 3 major retail industry trends - Guest Wi-Fi, Mobile, and Loyalty - Nearbuy can tie a shopper's mobile device to their personal information (on an opt-in basis) so that retailers can implement personalization strategies for in-store shopping. Nearbuy offers retailers a way to leverage the best of their online experiences with all the benefits of the brick and mortar store where a majority of transactions take place today.
Investor
2010
In April 2014, Mass Relevance merged with Spredfast to bring enterprise-class brands the ability to market at the speed of life. This page is no longer active. Please follow us on the Spredfast Company Page to discover the future of social marketing: http://sfa.st/P138d9
Investor
2010
Khoros award-winning enterprise software makes it easier for complex brands to engage with customers at scale across digital, social, and brand-owned channels. Whether for service and support, communications, or sales, the solutions powered by advanced automation and AI unlock more consistent, personalized, and helpful omnichannel interactions between brands and their audiences. For more information, visit khoros.com.
Investor, Board Member
2010
Thinknear is a location-based mobile marketing platform that connects people and brands in the moments that matter. We drive accuracy and performance for mobile marketers through large-scale, high-quality data applied with a human touch. With full-service and self-service solutions, we offer insightful planning, targeting, optimization, and measurement capabilities for businesses and brands of all sizes. Thinknear is a division of Telenav, the pioneer of GPS navigation for mobile phones which continues to lead innovations in location-based services. To learn more, visit www.thinknear.com Awards and Recognition: 2018 LABJ Best Place to Work 2019 MediaPost Appy Award for Best Use of Rich Media 2019 MediaPost Appy Award for Best Use of GeoLocation
Investor, Board Member
2010
Our mission is to empower people to unite around ideas that matter to them and together make those ideas come to life.
Investor
Jul 2009
Braze is the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging.™ Braze allows any marketer to collect and take action on any amount of data from any source, so they can creatively engage with customers in real time, across channels from one platform. From cross-channel messaging and journey orchestration to Al-powered experimentation and optimization, Braze enables companies to build and maintain absolutely engaging relationships with their customers that foster growth and loyalty. The company has been recognized as a 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Companies to Work For, 2024 Best Small & Medium Workplaces in Europe by Great Place to Work®, 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces for Women™ by Great Place to Work® and was named a Leader by Gartner® in the 2024 Magic Quadrant™ for Multichannel Marketing Hubs and a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Email Marketing Service Providers, Q3 2024. Braze is headquartered in New York with 15 offices across AMER, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC. Learn more at braze.com.
Investor
2009
Marigold is a global marketing technology company focused on delivering relationship marketing solutions for growing organizations. Through its portfolio — Campaign Monitor, Emma, and Vuture — Marigold provides intuitive, scalable tools that help teams personalize engagement, strengthen customer relationships, and drive measurable growth across the customer lifecycle.
Investor
2009
Tapad is where big data meets personalization. Brands and marketers are faced with the challenge of needing to deliver personalized, relevant messages to vast audiences of consumers who all behave differently, use different devices, and who increasingly expect personalized communications as standard. With privacy at the forefront, The Tapad Graph combines the company’s proprietary Device Graph™ with behavioral signals so marketers can finally see their customers as unique individuals, and ultimately, deliver personalization at scale. Tapad Inc. is the marketing technology company reinventing personalization for the modern marketer through its identity-driven solutions. The companys signature Tapad Graph connects millions of consumers across billions of devices. The worlds largest brands and most effective marketers entrust Tapad to provide an accurate, privacy-conscious and unified approach to connecting with consumers across screens. Tapad is based in New York City and has an office in Oslo, Norway. Tapads numerous awards include: Forbes​ Most Promising Companies, Deloittes Technology Fast 500, Crains Fast 50, TMCnet Tech Culture Award and Global Startup Awards "Startup Founder of the Year."​
Investor
2009
Qualia empowers organizations to deliver seamless consumer experiences across all devices, from intent to conversion. The Qualia Data Intelligence Platform combines its IQ Decision Engine™ with BlueCava’s cross-device graph to create a closed-loop, device agnostic, audience insights solution. Trusted by leading brands, agencies and marketing technology providers, Qualia’s cloud-based platform continuously identifies in-market consumers on all of their devices and digital touchpoints, enabling real-time, omni-channel targeting, reach, measurement and attribution. In market since 2011, Qualia is led by Kathy Leake, CEO (co-founder of Media6Degrees/Dstillery) and Reza Qorbani, CTO (CTO of BlueCava) who are committed to defining the next generation of consumer targeting through data integrity and quality. The company is headquartered in NYC and has offices in Irvine, Chicago, Los Angeles & San Francisco. For additional information, visit www.qualia-media.com
Investor
2009
iSocket (acquired by Rubicon Project on November 17, 2014) is a technology platform purpose-built to simplify the buying and selling of fixed price, premium, reserved inventory. iSocket For Publishers (iFP) sales automation and programmatic direct tools allow top publisher sales teams to focus on relationships and strategy, while iSocket For Advertisers (iFA) makes it easier for agencies, brands, and buying and planning platforms to execute orders of well-defined, guaranteed inventory directly with top publishers. Through automation, iSocket is able to eliminate many of the errors and overhead costs that plague the manual media sales process.
Investor
2009
Where relationships take root. The Marigold approach to Relationship Marketing stands alone in a world of one-size-fits all marketing technology companies. Our solutions are designed for your specific size, industry, and maturity, giving you the technology and expertise you need to grow the relationships that grow your business, from customer acquisition to engagement to loyalty. And, with a team of strategists that provide insights into what’s working, what’s not, and what’s changing in your industry, you’re able to maximize ROI every step of the way. Great marketing isn’t just about conversion, but true connection. Learn why 40,000 businesses around the world trust Marigold to be the firm foundation they need to help relationships take root.
Investor, Board Member
2009
Chango is a programmatic advertising company, purpose-built for the marketer. The company uses exclusive intent data and technology to create relevant, timely advertising campaigns, and produce rich customer insights. The company’s unique live-profile technology makes intent data available faster than anyone else to help clients efficiently build brand awareness, acquire new customers and retarget site visitors. Chango works with more than 60 of Fortune 500 marketers and companies such as eBay, Sears, Clorox, Sprint and Toyota. Chango was recently acquired by Rubicon Project, a global technology company leading the automation of advertising. The acquisition allows Rubicon Project to expand its premium advertising marketplace to include intent marketing capabilities at scale. http://chango.rubiconproject.com/ Find out more at http://www.rubiconproject.com. This account is closed. Continue to follow us on Rubicon Project's page. http://bit.ly/1Lyzm8D
Investor, Board Member
2007
FetchBack is Now eBay Enterprise Marketing Solutions! FetchBack is a leading fully-managed, targeted display company, specializing in retargeting. We´ve been trail blazing the world of targeted display since our inception in 2007 and it´s been quite a ride! FetchBack was founded with one objective in mind- to bring our customers increased incremental conversions and sky-high return on investment like never before. Our goal is to deliver our clients innovative, robust online marketing solutions- and we´re not alone. As a subsidiary of GSI Commerce, an eBay company, our sister companies – ClearSaleing, PepperJam Exchange, e-Dialog, True Action, MBS, M3Mobile and Silverlign Group – each focus on creating state-of-the-art, online marketing solutions with bigger, better results than ever before! Contact Us! Phone: 1.888.FIDO.411 (1.888.343.6411) Local: 480.289.5555 Fax: 480.289.5550
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2014
Investor, Board Member
2014
Bombora is the leading provider of Intent data for B2B sales and marketing. Bombora's data aligns marketing and sales teams, enabling them to base their actions on the knowledge of which businesses are actively researching what products, and the intensity of that research. Using this information, marketers can drive more qualified demand through the funnel, while sales teams can better prioritize accounts and have higher quality conversations. The source of this data is the first co-operative of 5,000+ premium B2B media companies. Members contribute content consumption and behavioral data about their audiences that are aggregated into over 10,000+ Intent topics. In turn, they can better understand their audiences, serve advertisers and monetize their inventory.
2011
Investor, Board
2011
At 33Across, our goal is to make the open web work without cookies in a way that is simple and fair for publishers. Our identity solution, Lexicon, makes inventory easily addressable across all browsers for publishers, SSPs, DSPs, and data companies.
2010
Investor, Board Member
2010
Nearbuy Systems provides a platform for multi-channel retailers to engage smartphone wielding shoppers while they are in-store. Sitting at the intersection of 3 major retail industry trends - Guest Wi-Fi, Mobile, and Loyalty - Nearbuy can tie a shopper's mobile device to their personal information (on an opt-in basis) so that retailers can implement personalization strategies for in-store shopping. Nearbuy offers retailers a way to leverage the best of their online experiences with all the benefits of the brick and mortar store where a majority of transactions take place today.
Investor
2010
In April 2014, Mass Relevance merged with Spredfast to bring enterprise-class brands the ability to market at the speed of life. This page is no longer active. Please follow us on the Spredfast Company Page to discover the future of social marketing: http://sfa.st/P138d9
Moveable Ink
Investor
2010
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