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PlainID is a technology company.
PlainID provides an authorization platform designed to simplify and unify access control for enterprises. The company offers a centralized solution that consolidates all enterprise authorizations into a single point of view, enabling business owners to manage and control digital access efficiently. This approach addresses the complexities organizations encounter when scaling identity and access management capabilities, ensuring consistent and policy-based authorization across diverse systems and applications.
The company was founded in 2014 by Oren Ohayon Harel, CEO and Co-Founder, and Gal Helemski, CIPO and Co-Founder. Their collective insight stemmed from the persistent challenges businesses faced with scalable identity and access management. Oren Ohayon Harel brings extensive experience in cybersecurity and user identity management, having served as Deputy CISO at a prominent bank. Gal Helemski, a recognized cybersecurity expert, possesses deep knowledge in identity and access management, with a background including service in the IDF’s Mamram computing unit.
PlainID serves large organizations and businesses seeking to streamline and secure their digital environments. The platform is utilized by companies needing robust, consistent authorization policies for their growing digital footprints. PlainID’s vision is to advance and simplify digital authorization on a global scale, providing foundational security for the evolving landscape of enterprise access and identity.
PlainID has raised $94.0M across 3 funding rounds.
PlainID has raised $94.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
PlainID has raised $94.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
PlainID's investors include Insight Partners, Okta Ventures, Vertex Ventures Israel, Yair Grindlinger, Itai Tsiddon, Viola Ventures, Cisco Investments, Glilot Capital Partners, Alon N. Cohen, Lisa Dolan, Omry Ben David, Capri Ventures.
PlainID is a cybersecurity company specializing in enterprise authorization and identity security, founded in 2014 as "The Authorization Company™." It builds the PlainID Platform, powered by Policy-Based Access Control (PBAC), which enables organizations to discover, centrally manage, and enforce dynamic access policies for applications, data, APIs, microservices, and AI systems.[2][4][6] Serving 100+ global customers across 20 vertical sectors, including Global 2000 enterprises, PlainID addresses identity-centric threats by providing visibility, control, and least-privilege access for 10M+ B2B/third-party identities and 2 trillion authorizations annually.[4][6] The platform solves the complexity of scaling Identity and Access Management (IAM) by unifying policies into a single view, supporting zero-trust architectures, and integrating with IAM, IGA, SASE, and AI workflows, while processing 4M+ authorizations monthly.[1][2][3]
PlainID was founded in 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel, by a team of experienced security technologists frustrated with the limitations of traditional IAM systems in scaling authorization for growing enterprises.[2][6] The idea emerged from recognizing that businesses needed a simpler, unified way to manage authorizations across diverse technologies, reducing them to a "single point of view" rather than fragmented tools.[2] Early traction came from developing off-the-shelf "Authorizers" for quick integrations, leading to partnerships and a Technology Network launched in 2022 to expand globally.[1] Key milestones include raising $100M in funding, growing to 100+ employees, and evolving from core dynamic authorization to a full Identity Security Posture Management platform by 2024, incorporating discovery and risk insights.[2][5]
PlainID rides the zero-trust and AI-driven security wave, where exploding identity threats from SaaS proliferation, APIs, microservices, and agentic AI demand dynamic, context-aware authorization beyond static RBAC.[3][5][7] Timing is ideal amid rising breaches (e.g., identity-centric attacks) and regulations pushing least-privilege access, with market forces like multi-cloud/SASE adoption favoring PBAC's flexibility over rigid IAM.[1][4] It influences the ecosystem by standardizing authorization via partnerships (e.g., Technology Network), enabling secure AI workflows, and bridging legacy/new tech stacks for tens of millions of users globally.[1][3][6]
PlainID is poised for accelerated growth in the AI era, expanding PBAC to agentic AI and machine identities while deepening Identity Security Posture Management with features like Policy 360°.[7][9] Trends like AI governance, quantum-resistant security, and regulated industries will propel demand, potentially scaling customers beyond 100+ and authorizations further. Its influence may evolve as a PBAC standard-setter, powering ecosystem-wide zero-trust via more Authorizers and networks—reinforcing its role as the authorization backbone for digital expansion.[1][6]
PlainID has raised $94.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $75.0M Series C in December 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2021 | $75.0M Series C | Insight Partners | Okta Ventures, Vertex Ventures Israel, Yair Grindlinger, Itai Tsiddon, Viola Ventures |
| Dec 1, 2020 | $8.0M Series A | Cisco Investments, Glilot Capital Partners, Viola Ventures, Alon N. Cohen, Lisa Dolan | |
| Jul 1, 2018 | $11.0M Series A | Omry Ben David | Cisco Investments, Glilot Capital Partners, Viola Ventures, Alon N. Cohen, Lisa Dolan, Capri Ventures, iAngels, SpringTide Ventures |