Abhinav Chokhavatia - Founder, Zatun Game Studio

Abhinav Chokhavatia

Founder, Zatun Game Studio

More about Abhinav Chokhavatia

Abhinav Chokhavatia is the Founder and C.E.O of Zatun and has over 18 years of experience in the video game industry.

As an entrepreneur, Abhinav has rapidly and sustainably brought companies to market while bringing world-class creativity to his enterprise for more than a decade. Today, he runs Zatun, which he grew into a world-renowned brand in the video game industry.

Zatun develops its IP’s as well as does work-for-hire. Staffed by a multi-talented and diverse team, they are experienced in production across different genres and game platforms, including console, PC, mobile (iOS and Android), and PC VR.

Games made by Zatun have won numerous awards and rave reviews globally. Under Abhinav’s strategic vision, Zatun has developed 15+ games for various platforms – from the first game, “The Legend of Vraz,” for PC in 2010 to the upcoming game “Down and Out” for Steam VR, Oculus Quest/Rift S, and PSVR.

Abhinav's credits include games titles like WK20, W2K19, WK218, W2K17, Blacksad, Instant War, World of Tanks, Warhammer 40000 Games, AFL Evolution 2, PanzerCorps, Igor, Prince of Persia, Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell, Farcry, to name a few.

Career Highlights & Accomplishments:

✯ Starting from 0 in 2007, Abhinav created and leveraged partnerships and bootstrapped his company, elevating Zatun to be a globally recognized brand.

✯ Zatun's game "Sniper Rust" was Awarded The "Best Use of AR/VR in-game" by IAMAI (Internet and Mobile Association of India) at the “1st Edition of GATO Awards” at GATO 2.0 Summit in 2019.

✯ Zatun was Awarded The "Best Video Game Company in Gujarat" by Worldwide Achievers at the “8th Business Leaders’ Summit & Awards 2018” ceremony in association with "ZEE BUSINESS".

✯ Abhinav was conferred with the “Star Youth Achiever” Award at Global Youth and Marketing Forum 2012 by Star News.

✯ Abhinav is also a visiting faculty at MICA - Ahmedabad, IIT Gandhinagar, PDPU – Gandhinagar, ISBM – Pune among others.

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Featured speaker at previous eChai events:
Ahmedabad

eChai Startup Demo Day @ MICA

January 20, Sat, 02:00pm
74 slots booked
eChai Startup Demo Day @ MICA
U T Rao - Associate Professor & Entrepreneurship Initiatives, MICA Abhinav Chokhavatia - Founder, Zatun Game Studio Aalap Sanghvi  - Co-Founder, Immersfy Keyur Bhalavat - Founder & CEO, Plutomen Nikita Lalwani - Founder, Crooze App Bhavik Makwana - Founder & CEO, ZenDevX Harshal Trivedi - Founder & CEO, Tusker AI Udit Goenka - Founder, PitchGround & FirstSales.io Pratik Patel - Co-Founder, Yudiz Solutions Aenik Shah - CEO, Wizzy.ai Bhavesh Patel - Co-Founder, Brands.live Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Viraj Rajani - Co-Founder, Digipple Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Hanuj Tilwani - Building Fyno | Founder’s Office | Ex-Entrepreneur | B2B SaaS Akshay Vayak - AI Enthusiasist Sumit Kasardekar - SAP Sales at SAR Digital India Keval Padia - CEO, Nimblechapps Dharmik Gohil - Web Developer (arrayofsilicon) Ronak chhatvani - Food Consultant, The Bromatologist Shahezad Gadhiya - Founder, Satic The Career Club Ashutosh raval - Cyber Security Professional & Founder RedHacks1 IT Security Saahil Kapoor - Co-Founder, The Sarg Initiative | Founder, autojerks. | Founder, Eclatix Designs Rushabh Shah - Managing Partner - STIR Advisors Ekta Shah - Co-Founder & CEO, Biziverse Kush Prajapati - Co-Founder, Redicine Medsol Pranav Thakkar - Business Development Lead, Rewynd Snacks Pankaj Bhimani - Founder, 58miles Yagnik Acharya - Founder & CEO Nymptix Technologies, Investor Syed Nadeem Jafri - Founder & Chief Mentor, Hearty Mart Parth Gupta - Software Developer with 6.5 Years of Exp. | Problem Solver Viplove Srivastava - Director, Ridobiko JAY VORA - USA Transplant and looking for Entrepreneurship Opportunities Leet Hudka - Co-Founder, HousieMate.com Vishal Singh - Founder Swayam Raval - Co-founder, Admyre.club Rushi Rajpara - Independent Designer Jimit D Shah & Assocites - CA Jimit Shah Mohit Jaiswal - Founder, Feedbackदो INDIA nilesh makwana - Engineer by heart. Wasim Shaikh - UI Expert, Speed Optimization SEO, Blogging, WordPress Optimization, Digital Marketing Setup Mitul Kalsariya - Co-Founder, Vulfosec Keyur Parikh - EngiStart - Founder, Pharmaceutical, Medical devices & Manufacturing industries Krishna Kaushik - Growth Operations Specialist, CAAS Venture Network LLP Dolly Vadiya - Functional Manager, Yudiz Solutions saurabh singh - Founder at yantra healthcare Renile George - Client executive Aesha Bhansali - Beyond box Amrit Trivedi - Director GreyDesk India Brijesh Patel - Co-Founder FeynTouch Hardik Rupera - Co-founder, Growthify Harsha Bhurani  - Founder, Humming Bird Consulting Koumal Kalantry - Founder, Ankk Cares Mohit Keshwani - Data Analyst, Adani Rajnish Padhariya - Founder Polybyte Technologies Ankur  Pathak - Co Founder- N4infinite Abhinay Vyas - Vice President - Eduvanz Financing Pvt Ltd Kartik Gajera - Google Ads Practitioner - Helping Businesses To Increase Their Revenue Through Google Ads. CA Akash Sikotra - Founder, "Sikotra & Associates" & "Alpha Numeric Solutions
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Ahmedabad

eChaI XR Social in Ahmedabad

January 13, Sat, 06:00pm
4 slots booked
eChaI XR Social in Ahmedabad
Aalap Sanghvi  - Co-Founder, Immersfy Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Abhinav Chokhavatia - Founder, Zatun Game Studio Mohit Keshwani - Data Analyst, Adani
RSVP
Ahmedabad

Startup Internship Mixer

October 06, Fri, 06:00pm
77 slots booked
Abhinav Chokhavatia - Founder, Zatun Game Studio Ekta Shah - CEO, Biziverse Yash Shah - Founder, ES Healthcare Centre Vivek Shah - Founder & MD, Capermint Pankaj Bhimani - Founder, 58miles Chirag Panchal - Founder, Enerlyf Ravi Varmora - Founder, Univia Agritech Umesh Uttamchandani - Co-Founder, DevX Bhavesh Patel - Co-Founder, Brands.live Paras Makhija - Growth Strategist, AllEvents Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Tanvi Shah Rangwala - CEO, VentureStudio Karan Purswani - Travel Consultant Niraj Harlalka - Co-Founder, Eduberance Nidhi Jain - Student Satyajit Chaudhary - Frontend Developer Viplove Srivastava - Director, Ridobiko Swayam Raval - Co-founder, Admyre.club Archit Mehta - Founder, Ekaantik Software Solutions and Software engineering consultant Kushal Prajapati - Student Girish Suthar - Full stack developer Yagnesh akbari - Web developer Hitesh Tark - Co-Founder of BlueStain Rana Nitish - Student Bhagwan Chouhan - Founder TiffinBuddy Raj K. Patel - A Computer Engineer passionate about Artificial Intelligence developments and its use cases in Business MANAV  CHINCHAVDE - Student (  Daiict ) Amol Patel - Co-Founder, Manifest Vaibhav Yadav - Student Chatrola Mit - Student Geetansh Atrey - Co-Founder @ Stealth Mode Tushar Dhar - student Umar Badi - Graphic, Ui/Ux designer Jitendra Pareek - Founder - Pikorua Realty - Luxury Real Estate Consultancy Firm - Ahmedabad | Mumbai | Dubai Uday Parmar - Student rima shah - founder of ruhan creations Sanyam Shah - Co-Founder at Manifest smit pobaru - Marketing at Birdsofparadyes Paras Patel - Founder, 3 Way Technologies Satyam Sinha - Srudent Dev Punjani - Student at LJ University Anshul Bhartiya - Software Developer, Softedge Infotech Hitarth Malaviya - Student at LJ University Jaynil Patel - Co-founder @Hecto Vibhuti Panwar - Chief Manager - HR Advisory Hetvi Vora - HR All Rounder Reema Hariyani - Hummingbird consulting OM SORATHIYA - App Developer Harsh mankani - Student Sondagar Jayesh - Student Aashish Kharwade - Co-Founder FastHire Rakesh Hansrajani - Co-Founder, FastHire kuldeepsinh gohil - Student of Entrepreneurship management Harsh Desai - Student Raj Lalwani - Founder & MD at Adler Talent HIYA SHAH - Student Anshu Bhakkar - Founder, MMF Wealth Managers Dr. Milan Patel - Assistant Professor - Entrepreneurship Bhagyashree Pachegaonkar - "Chief Manager - Recruitments, Adler Talent Solutions Pvt. Ltd."
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Ahmedabad

Gaming Startups Meetup in Ahmedabad

September 29, Fri, 06:00pm
50 slots booked
Abhinav Chokhavatia - Founder, Zatun Game Studio Pratik Patel - Co-Founder, Yudiz Solutions Vivek Shah - Founder & MD, Capermint Manoj Adwani - Founder, narad.io Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel ABHISHEK THAKKAR - Manager marketing sales Viraj Rajani - Co-Founder, Digipple Sumit Kasardekar - SAP Sales at SAR Digital India K. Abdul Wahab Shah - Student, Entrepreneurship development institute of India CA Mohit Mehta - Pooja Consultancy Lokesh Joshi - Blockchain And Rust Engineer- @Kron Technolab Jayrajsinh Gohil - Managing Director, Karbh IT Solutions Rahul Vats - Founder The Gaming hub Mitesh Shethwala - Co-Founder & CEO, Hashtechy Jarvis - 3D animations and Front-end Developer Brijesh Gadher - Founder, Gamma Devid Chhaya - Game Developer Vikas Patel - Senior Game Developer Nikhil More - Managing Director, Aureous Vision Infotech Private Limited Saurabh Khichi - Chief Engagement Officer - E Parent Tech Bhagwan Chouhan - Founder TiffinBuddy Chetan Sheladiya - Founder, Metizsoft Solutions Pvt Ltd Bhagat Aakash - MRCAD Satyen Engineer - Founder, YHonk Tech Pvt Ltd Bhavin Madhani - Branch Director, Red & White Multimedia Education Hitesh Mori - Game Developer Prince Rajput - Unity developer Rahul Barot - Corporate Manager Bhavik Makwana - Founder & CEO, ZenDevX Surya Pavan - Full stack developer, allevents.in Dev Shinde - CTO, Batwebs Jitendra Lakhwani - Co-Founder & CEO - Mantras2Success Vision Raval - Virtual CEO, Vision Inc Yash Sharma - C.E.O of Xatch Software Inc.
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Ahmedabad

Fundraising Masterclass

July 05, Wed, 06:30pm
17 slots booked
Fundraising Masterclass
Kush Prajapati - Co-Founder, Redicine Medsol Yash Shah - Co-Founder, Clientjoy Rushabh Shah - Managing Partner, STIR Advisors Pankaj Bhimani - Founder, 58miles Gaurav Barot - CEO, Tridhya Tech Faraz Wadhwania  - Independent Consultant Abhinav Chokhavatia - Founder, Zatun Game Studio Syed Nadeem Jafri - Founder & Chief Mentor, Hearty Mart Jenil Malavia - Co-Founder, Ymir Bhavik Makwana - Founder & CEO, ZenDevX Neeraj Hasija - Founder, The Healthy Browns Ekta Shah - CEO, Biziverse Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Gaurav Modi - Co-Founder, Braavoking Shruti Kushwah - Founder, Crealoons Innovations Niraj Harlalka - Founder, Eduberance Harnish Thakkar - Founder, Chipbucket Solutions
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Developers Meetup in Ahmedabad

November 26, Sat, 06:00pm
86 slots booked
eChai Developers Meetup in Ahmedabad
Jimish Parekh - Founder & CEO, Pedals Up Abhinav Chokhavatia - Founder, Zatun Game Studio Rushabh Shah - Managing Partner, STIR Advisors Ruchit Patel - Co-Founder & CTO, AllEvents.in Harshal Trivedi - Founder & CEO, Tusker AI eChai Ventures - eChai Ventures is a global startup network connecting entrepreneurs through local meetups in 20+ cities worldwide, enabling cross-border collaborations via startup panels, demo days, cricket, and pickleball leagues. Shweta Mane - Electrical engineer in Renewable energy solutions and designing Niraj Harlalka - Co-Founder, Eduberance Rushabh Shah - Managing Partner - STIR Advisors Wasim Shaikh - UI Expert, Speed Optimization SEO, Blogging, WordPress Optimization, Digital Marketing Setup Akhil Sharma - Software Engineer at Intuit
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Agency Meetup in Ahmedabad

September 04, Sun, 11:00am
104 slots booked
eChai Agency Meetup in Ahmedabad
Gaurav Barot - CEO, Tridhya Tech Vatsal Shah - Founder, Pragmatic Consultancy Abhinav Chokhavatia - Founder, Zatun Game Studio Khushboo Solanki Sharma - Founder, Zero Gravity Communications Sagar Arbalkar - Business development Executive Kashyap Pavra - CEO and Founder at SimplSo - Shopify Plus Agency Nikunj Kanani - Co-Founder for Niks Software Dhruv Khatri - Thinker, Learner and Developer.
Ravi Vaghanani - I enjoy working hard, fast and smart. 
Being a Digital Marketing Specialist, I help brands in solving their discoverability problem and creating a kickass social media presence to connect and engage with their target audience.
RSVP
Ahmedabad

Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Ahmedabad x DevX

December 10, Fri, 06:00pm
13 slots booked
Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Ahmedabad x DevX
Nikunj Thakkar - Product Management & GTM Strategy Consultant Abhinav Chokhavatia - Founder, Zatun Game Studio Rupal Ghiya - Co-Founder, The Village World Sanjay Thakkar - A Chartered Accountant & Tech Enthusiast working in the Field of Advisory Services w.r.t. Business Deals, Fund Raising, M&A, ERP Consultancy, knowledge process outsourcing, Tax Matters, Forensic Accounting & Fraud Prevention, Investigation & Detection Field. A Faculty & Speaker of Fraud Investigations at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India & other forums. DHAUMIL PARMAR - Cofounder, Redicine Medsol Jagdish songar - Founder , Upvoltage solutions LLP, Safekeepers Solutions
RSVP
Founders and startup folks who joined past eChai startup events

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Syed Nadeem Jafri - Founder, Hearty Mart
Syed Nadeem Jafri
Founder, Hearty Mart
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Shrijay Sheth - Founder at LegalWiz.in and H4H Consulting
Shrijay Sheth
Founder at LegalWiz.in and H4H Consulting
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Harsha Bhurani - Founder, HummingBird Consulting Group
Harsha Bhurani
Founder, HummingBird Consulting Group

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