The jury’s reasoning behind its selection of Hansoft reads: “Hansoft has with qualified competence and outstanding understanding for their customers’ special technical demands become a leader in their niche in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.”

Read more about Export Hermes here: www.exporthermes.org

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The founders of Hansoft; Erik Olofsson, Hans Andersson and Patric Palm, were awarded "business persons of the year" in Uppsala for being extraordinary creative, have high business morals, great growth potential and having put Uppsala on the map, among other criteria.

19 companies were nominated in the category and the winners were announced at the awards show in Uppsala on March 9, 2011.

Media about Hansoft in connection with the award:

UNT, March 09, 2011: Hansoft utsedd till årets företagare 2011

24.UNT, March 10, 2011: TV interview with Hans Andersson

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The Gasell is a competition in growth and awarded to the fastest growing companies in all Swedish regions. Hansoft received the prize by governor Peter Egardt at the Gasell gala in Stockholm Concert Hall on November 29, 2010.

Articles about Hansoft in connection with the Gasell award (Swedish):

DI, Dec 6, 2010: Hansoft - Gasellvinnare i Uppsala län. Print

DI, Dec 1, 2010:  Hansoft förser dataspelsjättarna med verktyg. Online - Print

UNT, Nov 30, 2010: Hansoft växer snabbast i länet. Online - Print

Read more about the Gasell awards on Dagens Industri (Swedish).

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The seminars and awards ceremony was held at Astoria in Stockholm and speakers included a number of celebrated business founders as well as the Swedish Minster for trade: Ewa Björling.

The other finalists were: "TAT - The Astonishing Tribe", "Looft", "Swedish Hasbeens" and  the winner "Snickers Workwear". 

Read more here (in Swedish only).

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This year’s Develop Industry Excellence Awards saw a wide variety of industry luminaries and Hansoft was up against Autodes, Scaleform, Havok, SCE, Dolby and Audiokinetic in the "Best Tools Provider"-category. A team from Hansoft accepted the award at the gala dinner in Brighton.

“We have launched two new, strong releases this spring and being recognized by our industry peers feels truly amazing for all of us. We are also grateful to everyone at leading developers that constantly provides us with feedback and ideas on how to improve Hansoft. That is feedback we really listens to but this close contact also makes our work more fun,” said Patric Palm, Hansoft CEO.

Read more and see the complete list of all the winners here.

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Now in their eighth year, the Develop Industry Excellence Awards once again take place in Brighton at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, on the evening of July 14th.

While there are a number of awards in this industry, the Develop Awards are the only peer-voted prizes for UK and European games developers which focus purely on creativity, teamwork, and inspiring innovation.

Read more and see the complete list of nominees.

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The list of Sweden's 100 best developers is made annually by the magazine and website "Computer Sweden". The candidates have been nominated by readers and editorial staff and the jury has rewarded a prestigeless and pragmatic attitude as well as the ability to communicate and explain.

The full list can be found here (in Swedish only).

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Bona Postulata is latin for "Great Opportunitis" and the prize aims to encourage local Uppsala businesses with great development potential. 10 winners are awarded a membership in a unique network within business development and an educational weekend at Hammarskog's Herrgård, which is followed up with a number of meetings during the year to further strengthen the competence of the participants.

The Bona Postulata prize was founded in 1999 by Advokatfirman Lindahl and Öhrlings PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Read more about Bona Postulata 2010

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"Hans was part of the original team at Starbreeze, but co-founded Hansoft in 2002 with Erik Olofsson and Patric Palm (both of whom are just over 30, bless ‘em). They committed to Hansoft development in 2005, and Hans – now just scraping into the list at 29 years old – has served as chief development officer of the much-loved project management software ever since." Develop, December 2009.

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The winners will be announced in the January issue of Game Developer.

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An entrepreneur under the age of 36, who has reached success during the year and serves as an inspiring role model - that's an "Uppstickare". Members of Shortcut and other interested have nominated founders of businesses. Freelancer Johanna Alskog has done the research and the jury, consisting of people from Swedish business life, have judged the the nominated based on the criteria above.

Hansoft's founders ended up on position 31-50 out of 100 listed.

Read more at Shortcut.nu (in Swedish)

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Every July, Develop hosts the biggest awards night on the game development industry calendar with over 400 people attending representing companies from around the world.

Now in their seventh year, the Develop Industry Excellence Awards once again take place in Brighton at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, on the evening of July 15th.

While there are a number of awards in this industry, the Develop Awards are the only peer-voted prizes for UK and European games developers which focus purely on creativity, teamwork, and inspiring innovation. Not marketing. Not hype.

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Now in its sixth year, this year's Develop Industry Excellence Awards ceremony is being held at the Hilton Metropole, Brighton on Wednesday July 30th, where leading lights from the games industry's development community will gather for a lavish celebration of their creative genius.The Develop Industry Excellence Awards recognise creative and technological achievement in games and interactive entertainment across the entire UK and European development community.

Read more about Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2008.

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Each year, Game Developer looks at the powerful lineup of new products and new releases of favorite tools, from game engines to books, and selects the top five in six different categories. After a comprehensive judging process, one winner is chosen in each category. Front Line Award recipients represent the most innovative, user-friendly, and useful products from behind the scenes of the world’s best video games.

The winners will be announced in the January 2008 issue of Game Developer.

More info about the awards and the finalists can be found at here.

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