Anna Söderblom

Ph D Anna Söderblom''s research focuses primarily on finance for startup firms. Anna Söderblom also provides courses in entrepreneurship in general, and finance for startups in specific at SSE. Previously, Anna has held various managerial positions within the Swedish IT and venture capital industries. Outside SSE, Anna Söderblom is operational as a professional board member. 

Current teaching at SSE

SSE Executive MBA 2015/2016EMBA level: Change Live

Master Thesis Supervision

Publications

Söderblom, A., M. Samuelsson and P. Mårtensson (2016). Opening the black box: triggers for shifts in business angels’ risk mitigation strategies within investments. Venture Capital Journal, forthcoming.

Söderblom, A., M. Samuelsson, J. Wiklund and R. Sandberg (2015). Inside the black box of outcome additionality: Effects of early-stage government subsidies on resource accumulation and new venture performance. Research Policy 44(8): 1501-1512.

Söderblom, A. and M. Samuelsson (2014). Sources of capital for innovative startup firms. Entreprenörskaps­forum.

 
Söderblom, A. (2012). The current state of the venture capital industry in relation to other financing sources for startup firms. Entreprenörskapsforum.

Söderblom, A. (2011). Private equity fund investing: Investment strategies, entry order and performance. Doctoral Dissertation. Stockholm School of Economics.

Söderblom, A. and J. Wiklund (2005). Factors determining the performance of early stage high-technology venture capital funds: A review of the academic literature. Small Business Services, UK.

Selection of conference proceedings

Samuelsson, M. and A. Söderblom (2016). Path dependency effects on new venture funding. Accepted for presentation at Babson Conference in Bodø, Norway, June 8-11 2016.

Söderblom, A., M. Samuelsson and P. Mårtensson (2015). Shifts in Business Angel’s Relationship Risk Mitigation Strategies within Investments. Academy of Management Meeting in Vancouver, Canada August 7-11 2015.

Söderblom, A., M. Samuelsson and P. Mårtensson (2015). A Longitudinal Investigation Of Business Angel Relationship Risk Mitigation Strategies Within Investments - A Three-dimensional Approach”. Babson Conference at Babson Park, MA, US, June 10-13 2015.

Samuelsson, M and A. Söderblom (2014). Pre, during and post investment agency and principal strategies in innovative startups. Babson Conference in Ontario, Canada, June 4-7 2014.

Söderblom, A. and Samuelsson, M. (2013). Outcome additionality of early-stage subsidies: Short-term resources and long-term performance. Academy of Management Meeting in Orlando, US, August 9-13 2013.