# Blue Ant Media funding: rounds and investors

> Blue Ant Media has raised $66M across 4 rounds since 2011. Investors include Relay Ventures, Torstar Corporation and GMP Securities.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-ant-media (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Blue Ant Media*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 3 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Advertising & Adtech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$66M** raised across 4 rounds since 2011, from 4 sources

**$29M** Venture **$25M** Venture **$12M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture Aug 2022
- **Biggest round:** $29M Venture · Dec 2011
- **Investors:** 3

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2013 2015 2017 2019 2021

**$29M** Venture

**$25M** Venture

**$12M** Venture

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Venture, $29M
- **Biggest round:** $29M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 12 months

## The rounds

- **Aug 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 returning* [Relay Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/relay-ventures) Source recorded
- **Aug 2013** Venture **$12M** *3 returning* [Relay Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/relay-ventures) [Torstar Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/torstar-corporation) [GMP Securities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gmp-securities) From a historical funding record
- **Aug 2012** Venture **$25M** *3 returning* [Relay Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/relay-ventures) [Torstar Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/torstar-corporation) [GMP Securities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gmp-securities) From a historical funding record
- **Dec 2011** Venture **$29M** *3 new* [Relay Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/relay-ventures) [Torstar Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/torstar-corporation) [GMP Securities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gmp-securities) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Blue Ant Media's own website: 1 founder, 8 on the team.

**Michael MacMillan** CEO and Co-founder, Blue Ant Media

- **Carlyn Staudt** President, Global Channels and Streaming, Blue Ant Media
- **Mitch Dent** President, Canadian Media, Blue Ant Media
- **Dervla Kelly** Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
- **Jamie Schouela** COO, Blue Ant Media
- **Robb Chase** CFO, Blue Ant Media
- **Surani Adamesco** Chief Technology Officer
- **Sarah Etherden** VP, Global Communications
- **Craig Junner** EVP & General Manager, Global Channels & Streaming

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Venture** 2011 **Venture** 2012 **Venture** 2013 **Venture** 2022 [Relay Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/relay-ventures) [Torstar Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/torstar-corporation) [GMP Securities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gmp-securities)

## Everyone who backed them

[Relay Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/relay-ventures) VC firm **4** rounds

[Torstar Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/torstar-corporation) Corporate VC **3** rounds

[GMP Securities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gmp-securities) Investment firm **3** rounds

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Blue Ant Media as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Kensington Capital Partners Limited](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kensington-capital-partners-limited) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Blue Ant Media

### Who invested in Blue Ant Media?

Blue Ant Media's investors include Relay Ventures, Torstar Corporation and GMP Securities.

### How much has Blue Ant Media raised?

Blue Ant Media has raised $66M across 4 rounds since 2011. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Blue Ant Media last raise?

Blue Ant Media's most recent round was a Venture in Aug 2022.

### What was Blue Ant Media's biggest round?

Blue Ant Media's largest round on record is $29M (Venture), in Dec 2011.

### Who backed Blue Ant Media first?

Blue Ant Media's first round on record, in Dec 2011, was backed by Relay Ventures, Torstar Corporation and GMP Securities.

### What stage is Blue Ant Media at?

Blue Ant Media's latest named round is a Venture, in Aug 2022.

### Where is Blue Ant Media based?

Blue Ant Media is based in Canada.

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