Games Investor Consulting is a specialist games research, corporate finance and strategic management consultancy that was founded in 2003. Its staff has over 15 consecutive years' experience analysing and consulting on the games industry, an extensive contact network and an in-depth understanding of both the games and finance industries. GIC typically consults at board-level on market assessment, corporate strategy, market entry and development, fund-raising, investment and acquisitions. GIC also provides specialist analysis of the games industry, authoring or editing a range of research reports published by Screen Digest, the UK government and Nesta. GIC covers all facets of the rapidly growing global games industry but has particular specialisation in online games (including casual gaming, MMOGs and other virtual worlds); mobile games; games development and distribution technology; government policy globally towards games development; games development and publishing processes; current and emerging development, publishing and distribution business models; globalisation and outsourcing; games company, technology and content Intellectual Property valuations; and traditional media strategy and IP exploitation in games. GIC has, to date, worked with over 80 companies from investment banks, hedge funds, VCs, universities, government departments and research publishing companies to games developers, online and mobile games companies, console manufacturers and games publishers.