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Games Investor Consulting provides a range of
business intelligence consulting and advisory services relating to all facets of the rapidly growing global games industry. We are unique in combining over 11 years of industry experience, an extensive industry
contact network and comprehensive industry knowledge with a detailed understanding of business models, corporate finance and the capital markets.
GIC covers all facets of the rapidly growing global games
industry but has particular specialisation in casual and hard-core online games, MMOGs and other virtual worlds, digital distribution, development and publishing services outsourcing, mobile games, games development
tools and middleware, current and emerging development and publishing business models, games company and IP valuation.
This intelligence is used to provide the following services:
Research and strategy consulting
- Market Data:
GIC tracks the growth and development of the global games industry and numerous of its sub-sectors. We maintain extensive global and regional databases covering the development, publishing, tools, middleware, outsourcing, casual gaming and MMOG markets. We also undertake survey-based primary research and have carried out hundreds of detailed interviews to date with games companies across the globe. GIC has authored three major market research reports covering different aspects of the games industry.
- Research and Strategy Consulting:
GIC combines its existing research databases, industry knowledge and primary research capabilities to provide tailored research and strategy consulting services to suit the games industry-related needs of finance, media, telecoms, government and academic organisations as well as companies from the games industry itself (see clients).
This has included market forecasting, competitive intelligence, market entry planning, strategy planning and business development, M&A and investment target identification, company, market and IP due diligence,
contract negotiation assistance and board representation.
- Private equity support services:
GIC has worked extensively with UK private equity companies to provide: market validation, opportunity identification and introduction, due diligence and other forms of investment validation, games company and IP valuation. GIC also tracks and maintains comprehensive databases of all games-related corporate finance activity in the private and public markets.
Corporate finance consulting
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Mergers and Acquisitions. With its deep sector knowledge, expansive board-level contact network and comprehensive databases of games companies of all categories, Games Investor Consulting is uniquely
positioned to provide M&A advisory services for both buyers and sellers. For buyers, we can not only rapidly identify the most appropriate targets but our deep understanding of the target market also allows us
to maximise the effectiveness of the buyer's pitch. Sellers benefit from our top-level understanding of the target buyers' M&A policies and strategic objectives, and our board-level contacts.
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Private Equity Fund-raisings. GIC has considerable experience of the private equity markets and maintains close contacts with key VCs and other private equity funds that maintain an active interest in the
sector. We will consider most opportunities and conduct fund-raising activity under the auspices of one of several FSA-registered partners.
- IPOs and Public Market Fund-raisings. GIC provides an
advisory service to companies seeking a listing on one of the UK markets and will work with the client to select the most appropriate set of listing brokers and advisers, and on the IPO process and any fund-raising
or other financial marketing activity.
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