Viral Patel
Senior Managing Director @ Blackstone Tactical Opportunities
Viral Patel is a Senior Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2005, Mr. Patel has been involved in the execution of the firm’s investments in Ai Media, Cloudreach, Cylance, Gates, Hidrovias, JDA, Milestone Equipment Corp, Penn Engineering, TITUS and Targa Resources. Prior to joining TacticalOpportunities in 2012, Mr. Patel was a Managing Director with Blackstone Advisory Partners where he focused on structured finance transactions across several industries including financial institutions, consumer, media, and healthcare. Select advisory clients include Bank Of America, Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, GIC, Qatar Foundation, Morgan Stanley, AIG, Kraft, and the New York Public Asset Fund.Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Patel was a member of the Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Structured Products businesses.Mr. Patel graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a BS in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering. He serves on the Boards of Ai Media, Cloudreach, Hidrovias, JDA, Penn Engineering and TITUS.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Viral Patel invests in
Stages Viral Patel invests in
Countries Viral Patel invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (50%)
- Cloud Security 2 (50%)
- Cyber Security 2 (50%)
- Network Security 2 (50%)
- SaaS 1 (25%)
Stage
- Series F 1 (25%)
- Funding Round 1 (25%)
- Private Equity 1 (25%)
- Post-IPO Equity 1 (25%)
Country
- United States 3 (75%)
- India 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru operates as a professional Twenty20 cricket franchise that competes in the Indian Premier League, organizing and managing a competitive sports team along with associated commercial and fan engagement activities. The franchise fields professional cricket players for league matches, tournaments, and related competitions,while overseeing team management, coaching, training, and performance operations. The organization generates revenue through multiple streams, including sponsorships, media rights participation, merchandise sales, and fan-focused digital platforms. It maintains an official ecosystem that includes mobile applications, content platforms, and branded merchandise offerings to engage supporters and extend its presence beyond match days. | Mar 25, 2026 | |
Vectra AI
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Vectra AI develops an AI-driven integrated attack signal for threat detection and response. It empowers hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises to see and stop advanced attacks before they become breaches. The company assists SOC analysts in turning the tables on attackers by applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to the problem offinding attack signals. | $130M / Series F / Apr 29, 2021 | |
FireEye
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FireEye is a cyber security company that combines the automation of technology with unparalleled frontline human expertise, including industry-recognized services and nation-state grade threat intelligence. On the front lines of cyber attacks every day, FireEye has unrivaled real-time knowledge of the global threat landscape spanning more than twodecades, gathered by hundreds of highly experienced threat researchers, platform engineers, malware analysts, intelligence analysts, and investigators, as well as a global network of best-in-class business partners.This unique understanding of how organizations combat cyber attacks guides the products FireEye builds. Working as a seamless, scalable extension of customer security operations, FireEye offers a unified platform called Helix that integrates and analyzes the data from security assets to offer real answers about the threats that matter. With innovative security technologies, nation-state grade threat intelligence, and world-renowned Mandiant consultants, FireEye eliminates the complexity and burden of cyber security for organizations struggling to prepare for, respond to, and remediate cyber attacks. | $400M / Post-IPO Equity / Nov 19, 2020 | |
Diligent
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Diligent is the largest governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS provider, serving more than one million users from over 23,000 organizations around the globe. Our modern GRC platform ensures boards, executives and other leaders have a holistic, integrated view of audit, risk, information security, ethics and compliance across the organizationand up to the board. Diligent brings technology, insights and confidence to leaders so they can build more effective, equitable and successful organizations. We empower 62% of the Fortune 500, 90% of the FTSE 100 and 83% of the ASX 200 to improve their bottom line, keep pace with stakeholder expectations and create lasting, positive impact on the world. Diligent is valued at $7 billion with more than $500 million in revenue. | Private Equity / Aug 05, 2020 |
Co-Investors
Accel
1 deal together
AME Cloud Ventures
1 deal together
Atlantic Bridge
1 deal together
Bolt Ventures
1 deal together
Clearlake Capital Group
1 deal together
ClearSky
1 deal together
About Blackstone Tactical Opportunities
Tactical Opportunities (Tac Opps) is an opportunistic investing platform seeking to capitalize on global investment opportunities that are time-sensitive, complex, or in dislocated markets where we believe risk is fundamentally mispriced. The Tac Opps’ team invests globally across asset classes, industries and geographies, and can leverageintellectual capital from across Blackstone’s businesses to inform investment due diligence and execution. Our flexible investment mandate enables us to dynamically adjust to changing market conditions and to focus on deep value opportunities that may be overlooked by less nimble market participants.
Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Contacts
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Qasim Abbas
Managing Director
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Viral Patel
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FAQ
What does Viral Patel invest in?
Viral Patel invests primarily in Software, Cloud Security and Cyber Security startups, most often at Series F and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Viral Patel last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Viral Patel closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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