Business Management Services
Marc Jackson is principal and founder of Seahorn Capital Group. Seahorn handles business development and management for Big Red Button. Seahorn has worked closely and invested in Big Red Button since 2008 to help Bob Rafei establish and launch the company.
Marc Jackson
Marc has 20 years entertainment industry experience in senior management roles in theme park development, new media and interactive entertainment, including 5 years as CEO of video game companies. Marc began his career working in project management for the Walt Disney Imagineering group on its Paris theme park, and pursued his MBA in Europe where he developed his passion for digital entertainment businesses. In the early 1990’s at the dawn of multimedia online entertainment, Marc carried out strategy consulting to help chart new media strategy for two of Europe’s largest media and television groups, Canal+ and TF1. Marc entered the video game industry with French group Atari/Infogrames in 1995 where he helmed product development and US expansion from the company’s Los Angeles office. From 1997 to 2001, Marc was CEO of LA-based console game developer Player 1 where he managed licensing and publishing partnerships with Sega, Midway, Interplay, and Universal – and successfully delivered eight Playstation and Nintendo console video game titles. In 2000 Marc began advising investors and media companies, and by 2002, Marc had become a pioneer and innovator of film-style production finance and risk management techniques applied to interactive entertainment and video games. Marc has since worked as a strategic advisor for clients such as Warner Bros Interactive, Film Finances Inc and THQ Inc. Since 2003, Marc has arranged and managed more than $100M in production financing of video game projects, including 2009 Studio of the Year winner Rocksteady’s first console title and several other titles for Eidos Interactive. Marc holds an MBA cum laude from the HEC School of Management in Paris and a Bachelors degree from University of Michigan. Marc is a licensed Series 63 California broker-dealer (private placements, M&A).
