Pitch deck reveals how an AI startup that helps brands like Google and Microsoft plan their marketing raised $15 million Summary List Placement BlueOcean, a software-as-a-service startup that uses AI to help brands develop and tweak their marketing strategies, raised $15 million in Series A funding. Private equity firm Insight Partners, which has invested in tech platforms and software companies such as Twitter, Shopify, and Calm, led the round. BlueOcean was started in 2019 by ad agency vets Grant McDougall, who is CEO