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Does BigID support Israel?
Yes — BigID has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
Background
BigID is a data-security company with a New York management centre and a Tel Aviv engineering centre, founded in January 2016 by two Israelis, Dimitri Sirota and Nimrod Vax. It raised more than $310 million, was valued at about $1 billion in a March 2024 round after peaking near $1.25 billion, and cut about a fifth of its roughly 600 staff in May 2026 as it turned to AI-first development, with several dozen of those jobs going in Tel Aviv. The one wartime action on the record comes from the company itself: its Israeli corporate profile on the Dun's 100 business register says that during the war BigID helped evacuated families with personal assistance, opened its meeting rooms for children's study sessions, donated computers to people who needed them and helped local farmers. That is an in-kind contribution, self-reported, with no named recipient, no quantity and no date — a business-directory entry supplied by the company rather than independent reporting, and no corroborating account was found in Israeli or international news. No cash donation, employee-matching programme, reservist-support scheme or corporate statement by BigID about the war is documented, and JLens's June 2025 survey of companies that stepped up for Israel after October 7 does not mention it. BigID does not appear on the BDS movement's consumer-boycott target lists, which focus on retail brands rather than enterprise data-security software.
CTech (Calcalist) — Data security unicorn BigID cuts 20% of workforce in shift to AI-first Dun's 100 — BigID company profile Globes — Data protection co BigID raises $30m at $1.25b valuation JLens — When Crisis Strikes: how global companies stepped up to support Israel after October 7 (BigID absent)
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations in Israel | 2016-01 | — | Israel (Tel Aviv development centre, engineering jobs) BigID was founded in January 2016 by Dimitri Sirota, its chief executive, and Nimrod Vax, its chief product officer. It sells data-security, privacy and compliance software that uses machine learning to find and classify sensitive data across cloud environments. The company runs on a two-centre model: management sits in New York and the main development centre is in Tel Aviv. CTech reported in May 2026 that it had roughly 600 employees across 25 countries, had raised more than $310 million since its founding and was valued at about $1 billion in a March 2024 Series E, down from a peak of roughly $1.25 billion; the company's own Israeli corporate profile says development teams are spread across Israel, the United States, Eastern and Western Europe, India and Argentina. Attribution note: BigID is a US-headquartered company whose founders are Israeli and whose principal engineering site is in Tel Aviv. This entry records that operational footprint — jobs and R&D — not a donation to any Israeli body. | |
| In-kind support | 2023 | — | Families evacuated from their homes in Israel during the war, and local Israeli farmers BigID's Israeli corporate profile, published on the Dun's 100 business register, states that during the war the company gave extensive support to evacuated families: personal assistance, the use of its meeting rooms for children's study sessions, donated computers for those who needed them, and help for local farmers. The profile also describes ongoing volunteering and community engagement led by the company's staff, of which the wartime activity was an expansion. Attribution note: this is the company's own account of in-kind assistance, published in a business directory whose entries are supplied by the companies themselves; it is the only source found for it. No recipient organisation is named, no number of families, computers or hours is given, and no financial amount is stated, so none is claimed here. The date recorded is the war year the profile refers to; the profile itself gives no dates, and no independent report of this activity was found in Israeli or international news coverage. | |
| Operations in Israel | 2026-05-26 | — | BigID's global workforce, including its Tel Aviv R&D centre (contraction, not expansion) CTech reported on May 26, 2026 that BigID was cutting about 20 percent of its workforce — roughly 120 of some 600 employees — with several dozen of the losses at its Tel Aviv research and development centre, as it shifted to what co-founder Nimrod Vax called an 'AI-first' approach to software development and operations. Attribution note: this is recorded because an honest page must show the direction of travel as well as the presence — BigID's Israeli engineering centre remains its main development site but is shrinking with the rest of the company, and no charitable or political motive is involved either way. |
Frequently asked questions
Did BigID donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but BigID has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel, In-kind support). See the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 4 distinct sources are cited for BigID. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-30
- CTech (Calcalist) — Data security unicorn BigID cuts 20% of workforce in shift to AI-first calcalistech.com
- Dun's 100 — BigID company profile duns100.co.il
- Globes — Data protection co BigID raises $30m at $1.25b valuation en.globes.co.il
- JLens — When Crisis Strikes: how global companies stepped up to support Israel after October 7 (BigID absent) jlensnetwork.org