BigID
BigID sells cloud-native software for data security, privacy and governance across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The company raised $306M in a Series E round in March 2024 and employs 596 people.
The growth story
BigID grew from 369 to 596 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $306M along the way, most recently a Series E in March 2024.
About
BigID provides a platform that helps organizations manage data security risks, automate privacy controls, and maintain compliance across cloud and on-premises systems. Its software is designed to work with AI systems and handle complex, distributed data environments.
The company has raised over $300M in venture funding, most recently in a Series E round led by Advent International. With nearly 600 employees, BigID has scaled rapidly since its 2016 founding in New York.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is BigID's largest function with 158 employees, representing over a quarter of its workforce. The company has a median employee tenure of 2 years, suggesting relatively high turnover as it scales.
The BigID org chart
Dimitri Sirota (CEO) leads 60 mapped leaders with 9 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 171 (-21% YoY), Information Technology 81 (-14% YoY), Sales 75 (-35% YoY), Operations 31 (+3% YoY), Business Development 30 (+11% YoY), Customer Success and Support 28 (-26% YoY).
Talent flow
BigID recruits heavily from enterprise tech companies, with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Oracle and Dell being its top talent sources. Its workforce has strong ties to Israel, with Tel Aviv University being the top alma mater and the Israel Defense Forces a key talent pipeline.
Most common previous employers of BigID staff: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (17), Oracle (15), Dell Technologies (11), Israel Defense Forces (11), Varonis (11), Informatica (10). Former BigID employees most often moved to Salesforce (10), Doppel (9), SentinelOne (7), SailPoint (6), Cyera (5), monday.com (5).
Alumni worth knowing
The BigID mafia
BigID alumni have founded 17 companies, including cybersecurity firms Terra Security and sanctions.io. One founder went on to Y Combinator, though most startups remain small with under 200 employees.
17Chanhyung Kim, was GTM Intern until 2025James Kapnick, was Board Observer until 2020Gal Malachi, was Director of Software Engineering until 2023Jens Kettler, was Product Manager until 2019Jesse Ouellette, was Senior Director - Sales Strategy until 2020Daphna Ofek, was VP Product Management, Growth until 2022
Alex Tong, was Seed Investor until 2023
Artyom Kumov, was Senior Full stack QA Analyst & QA Engineer until 2022
Scott Mersy, was CMO until 2022
Nickolas Showalter, was Sales Development Representative until 2023
Erick Arapi, MBA, was Marketing Operations Manager, GTM Operations until 2024
Fatime Traoré, was Sales Manager until 2017
David Montalvo, was Account Executive until 2022
Yoav Tigerman, was Director of Software Engineering until 2023
Abhijit Das, was Senior Sales Engineer until 2023
Kilian E., was Principal Customer Success Architect until 2026Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 37% direct, 20% search, 5% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at BigID: Leadership (124), Management (123), SQL (120), Java (115), Cloud Computing (111), Sales (108), Linux (102), Teamwork (100).
Where the team actually sits
BigID people are concentrated in Israel (53), Tel Aviv District, Israel (45), New York, United States (17), England, United Kingdom (17).
Search footprint
BigID attracts about 5,798 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $77K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1,808 ranking keywords and lost 1,307 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.80 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.60 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
BigID has 596 employees as of September 2026.
BigID has raised $306M in total, most recently a Series E round in March 2024.
BigID was founded in 2016 by Nimrod Vax.
Dimitri Sirota (CEO) sits at the top of BigID's reporting structure, with 9 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current BigID staff are Hewlett Packard Enterprise (17 people), Oracle (15 people), Dell Technologies (11 people).
Former BigID employees most often move to Salesforce (10), Doppel (9), SentinelOne (7).
At least 17 companies have a founder who previously worked at BigID, including Y Combinator, 4Ever Young Anti-Aging Solutions, Startup in Stealth Mode.
BigID attracts about 5,798 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $77K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among BigID staff are Leadership, Management, SQL, Java, Cloud Computing.
BigID staff are concentrated in Israel (53), Tel Aviv District, Israel (45), New York, United States (17).
BigID has about 171 people in Engineering, down 21% over the past year, as of September 2026.
BigID has about 81 people in Information Technology, down 14% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 412 current and 778 former BigID profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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