Naavik, in Hindi, represents the boatman who helps passengers navigate convoluted waters and reach their desired destinations safely. We work similarly. Since our founding in 2019, we’ve helped 250+ companies across the games industry reach their desired destinations of success.
Of course, reaching success can be a complex endeavor for many games teams. As such, Naavik’s consulting and advisory services cover wide ground — from game design and market research to marketing and corporate strategy. We continue to expand our talent and capabilities each and every day.
Naavik doesn’t only want to add value behind closed doors. We also want to discover and share new insights openly. That’s why we started the Open Gaming Research Initiative — our effort to learn publicly and collaboratively with the industry’s brightest minds and keystone brands.
In short, everything we do revolves around our core mission: to enable games industry professionals to master the business of gaming. If this sounds exciting and you’d like to learn more or potentially join us as a client, consultant, creator, or partner, we’d love to talk to you.
Core Team
Aaron Bush
Co-Founder, Managing Partner
Abhimanyu Kumar
Co-Founder, Managing Partner
Jordan Phang
Consulting Partner
Content Leads
Evtim Trenkov
Head of Content Operations
Alexandra Takei
Podcast Host, Business Director at
Ruckus Games
Devin Becker
Podcast Host and Senior Consultant,
Gaming Lead at Nami
Niko Vuori
Podcast Host, Founder & CEO at
Blockstars
Consultants
Anthony Pecorella
Senior Consultant
David Taylor
Senior Consultant
Eva Grillova
Senior Consultant
Florian Ziegler
Senior Consultant
Heloisa Yoshioka
Senior Consultant
Tom Kinniburgh
Senior Consultant
Owen Soh
Consultant
Jimmy Stone
Financial Consultant (Partner)
Matej Lancaric
User Acquisition Consultant (Partner)
Om Tandon
UI/UX Consultant (Partner)
Philipp Zupke
Game Design Consultant (Partner)
Creator Community
Anil Das-Gupta
Co-CEO, Co-founder at First Light Games
Carson Taylor
Gaming Product Strategy at Samsung
David Elton
President at Blue Line Studios
Felipe Mata
Head of Studio at FunPlus
Harshal Karvande
Game Design Lead at Rovio
Jonathan Anastas
CEO at ClashTV
Matt Dion
Founder at Always Scheming LLC
Miikka Ahonen
Co-founder at Lightheart Entertainment
Niek Tuerlings
Lead Game Designer at Moonlit Games
Sebastian Park
Co-founder at Infinite Canvas, Venture Partner at BITKRAFT
Tammy Levy
Chief Games Officer at Captain.tv
