Bio

Ethan Jacks has been involved in M&A and corporate finance for over 30 years. As a corporate lawyer and partner in firms including McDermott, Will and Emery, Ethan represented buyers, sellers and investors in high-tech industries, with a focus on media and communications. In 1991, Ethan left private law practice to become co-founder and senior executive at Molten Metal Technology, a groundbreaking environmental technology company which commercialized MIT-developed intellectual property, raised over $400 million in growth capital, and grew to a public market valuation of over $1 billion. Ethan moved to digital media pioneer Avid Technology in 1999, and for over 7 years served in several senior executive positions, including EVP of Corporate Development, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Ethan helped drive Avid's strategy to grow both organically and through aggressive M&A, leading a total of 12 acquisitions of private and publicly held companies that fueled growth in Avid's film, video, audio and 3D sectors. In that period, Avid's revenue doubled to $1 billion, and its market valuation grew from $400 million to $2.5 billion. Since 2006, Ethan has served as an venture capital investor and investment banker. Prior to co-founding MediaBridge in 2012, Ethan led the Digital Media Practice at Covington Associates in Boston, along with his partner John Bowen. As an investment banker, his earlier transactions includes the sale of film color leader DaVinci Systems to BlackMagic Design, and the sale of pro-audio console leader Euphonix to Avid Technology. Recently he led the $7million private equity financing of London-based Sohonet by FF&P, the $30 million sale of CA based wireless video innovator Teradek to UK based The Vitec Group plc, the $12 million private equity financing of Cambridge MA based audio software leader iZotope by ABS Partners, and the sale of Minnetonka Audio Software Inc. to The Telos Alliance. Ethan holds a B.S. from MIT, an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.