Hairy Moose is a games consultancy and licensing agency that was founded in October 1997, by Jeff Tawney, who has been in the computer and video games industry for a number of years. Jeff has had various senior positions at Sega, Philips Media and Time Warner Interactive and in his time has successfully launched several No.1 hit games, won a few industry marketing awards and certainly learnt a lot from the experiences, both good and bad, he's had at these companies.

Together with a number of industry specialists from around Europe and also in the US, Hairy Moose was set up to offer clients a fresh, professional and effective approach to games licensing and consultancy projects.