BigID: $30 Million Funding And $1.25 Billion Valuation

By Dan Anderson ● May 6, 2021
  • BigID — a leader in data discovery and intelligence for privacy, protection and perspective — announced a $30 million investment from Advent International. These are the details.

BigID — a leader in data discovery and intelligence for privacy, protection and perspective — announced a $30 million investment from Advent International, extending the company’s $70 million Series D financing raised in December 2020. And BigID has raised $200 million over 4 rounds since September 2019. This latest funding round brings BigID’s valuation to $1.25 billion.

The pandemic accelerated all automation and digital transformation programs by several years as companies recognize the importance of innovating, placing increased pressure on IT leaders to deliver digital initiatives and overcome issues such as data silos. And BigID’s platform reimagines data management for enterprises, combining machine learning-based classification, cataloging, correlation, and cluster analysis to help companies better understand, protect, and derive value from their data. This funding will help BigID expand globally, boost its go-to-market efforts and advance product development in the areas of data privacy, security, and governance.

Advent International is joining BigID’s existing investors including Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Glynn Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, and Boldstart Ventures.

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“We believe the BigID platform offers a powerful solution to enterprises as they help global organizations manage and extract value from their data while grappling with the dual threats of data privacy and data security. We’ve been impressed by BigID’s product, its traction in the marketplace, and the talented team behind it all. We see significant opportunity to extend BigID’s offering and accelerate its growth on a global scale, and we’re excited to support the team on this journey.”

— Ashwin Krishnan, a Principal on Advent’s technology team in New York

“We’re thrilled to work with Advent International and tap into their sector expertise and global footprint to drive future growth. The boom in data continues to present multiple challenges for enterprises – especially with the new tech stack. We believe our unified data intelligence platform is uniquely positioned to ensure businesses tackle their data management pain points by providing increased knowledge and visibility of their data, enabling them to meet regulatory requirements, ensure their data is secure and lay the groundwork to reap the rewards of business intelligence.”

— BigID CEO and co-founder Dimitri Sirota