Söderblom, Anna

Affiliated Researcher
Department of Management and Organization

Docent
Department of Management and Organization

Ph D Anna Söderblom’s research focuses primarily on finance for startup firms. 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.

Teaching at SSE

Anna has been involved in various teaching roles, serving as course director, lecturer, seminar leader, coach, and supervisor at bachelor’s, master’s, and executive MBA levels. Currently, Anna is primarily involved in bachelor’s and master’s thesis supervision.

Peer-reviewed articles

Samuelsson, M., A. Söderblom, and A. McKelvie (2021). Path dependence in new ventures’ capital structures. Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice, 45(2): 319-349.

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 18(3): 211-236.

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.

Other publications

Söderblom, A., B. Le Pendeven, and J. Verbouw (2023). Practices of European Venture Capitalists. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4861375

Söderblom, A., and M. Samuelsson (2023). Capital structures in new ventures. In: Cumming, D., Hammer, B. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Private Equity. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Söderblom, A. and P. Mårtensson (2020). Y – A model for structuring and focusing change processes. Stockholm: Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Research.

Samuelsson, M. and A. Söderblom (2016). Entreprenörskap: Individ, företag, samhälle. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

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

Le Pendeven, B., J. Verbouw, J.M. Pellon, S. Manigart, M. Colombo, M. Guerini, A. Söderblom, and C. Fisch (2024). Decision-making and investment practices of European venture capitalists. Entrepreneurial Finance Association 2024 Annual Meeting. 8^th ENTFIN Conference, Munich, Germany, June 9-11.

Söderblom, A., M. Samuelsson, R. Sandberg, and A. McKelvie (2022). Post-entrepreneurial wage-employments: Signaling effects from entrepreneurial experience. Academy of Management Meeting in Seattle, WA, USA, August 5-9.

Samuelsson, M. and A. Söderblom (2021). New Firm Growth Trajectories and their Funding Sources - A Populations Study from 1998 to 2017. Babson Conference, June 9-12.

Söderblom, A., M. Samuelsson and A. McKelvie (2019). Path Dependency in New Ventures' Capital Structures. Academy of Management Meeting 2019 in Boston, MA, USA, August 9-13.

Samuelsson, M. and A. Söderblom (2019). Startup firm valuation in financing rounds: The effect of investor composition. Babson Conference in Wellesley, MA, USA, June 5-8.

Samuelsson, M. and A. Söderblom (2019). Post-entrepreneurial wage-employments: What entrepreneurial experience is appreciated by whom? Babson Conference 2019 in Wellesley, MA, USA, June 5-8.

Söderblom, A., M. Samuelsson and A. McKelvie (2017). How path dependency affects startup firms' capital structures. Academy of Management Meeting 2017 in Atlanta, USA, August 4-8.

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.