BigID is a data intelligence company that helps organizations discover, manage, protect, and derive value from their data. Founded in 2016 by Dimitri Sirota and Nimrod Vax, BigID originally focused on privacy compliance and helping enterprises meet GDPR requirements. The company has since expanded into a comprehensive data intelligence platform covering data security posture management (DSPM), data governance, data quality, and AI data management.
Platform
BigID Next
Launched in February 2025, BigID Next represents a significant platform evolution. This unified, cloud-native data intelligence platform consolidates BigID’s previously separate modules into a single offering. BigID Next provides a unified data map, consistent policy engine, and integrated workflows across all data intelligence use cases.
Data Discovery and Classification
BigID’s core engine uses advanced ML-based classification, natural language processing, and correlation techniques to discover and classify sensitive, personal, and regulated data. The platform supports over 200 data sources including IaaS providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), PaaS platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, MongoDB), SaaS applications (Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, Box), and on-premises systems like file shares, mainframes, and databases.
Data Security Posture Management
The DSPM capabilities provide continuous monitoring of data security posture across cloud environments, identifying overexposed sensitive data, misconfigured data stores, excessive access permissions, and data residency violations. BigID correlates data context (what the data is, where it lives, who accesses it) with infrastructure risk to prioritize remediation.
Privacy Automation
Automated data subject access request (DSAR) fulfillment, consent management, data mapping for privacy impact assessments, and regulatory reporting support GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, LGPD, POPIA, and over 30 other privacy regulations. BigID was originally built for GDPR compliance and retains deep strength in privacy.
Data Governance and Quality
Data cataloging, lineage tracking, ownership assignment, and data quality scoring support enterprise data governance programs. The platform integrates with governance frameworks and tools like Collibra, Alation, and Informatica.
AI Data Management
Tools for managing the data that feeds AI and machine learning models include training data discovery, bias detection, model data lineage, and sensitive data identification in AI pipelines.
Funding
BigID raised $70 million in its Series D in December 2021 at a $1.25 billion valuation, led by Riverwood Capital. Earlier rounds included $70 million in Series C from Salesforce Ventures and Tiger Global in 2020, $50 million in Series B from SAP.io Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners in 2019, and $14 million in Series A from Scale Venture Partners in 2018. Total funding stands at approximately $320 million.
Investors include Riverwood Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Global, SAP.io, Bessemer Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, and BOLDstart Ventures.
Market Position
BigID operates at the intersection of data security, privacy, and governance, a position that has become increasingly strategic as enterprises grapple with AI data management, multi-cloud data sprawl, and an expanding web of privacy regulations. The company competes with Cyera in DSPM, OneTrust in privacy, Informatica and Collibra in data governance, and Varonis in data security.
BigID has been recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave for Privacy Management Software and named a DSPM innovator by Gartner. The company’s breadth spanning privacy, security, and governance differentiates it from point solutions, though it also means competing on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Leadership
Dimitri Sirota co-founded BigID and serves as CEO, bringing experience from SAP and Layer 7 Technologies. Nimrod Vax is co-founder and CPO. Tyler Young serves as CISO.