# Grant Drzyzga

> Grant Drzyzga is the founder and CEO of Revela, a Detroit-based property management software company he started in 2014 with $50,000 and no real estate experience. After bootstrapping for roughly nine and a half years, he raised a $9 million Series A led by FirstMark Capital in November 2023. Revela now serves more than 200,000 units and has become one of the largest lenders to property managers in cities like Detroit, St. Louis, and Gary. Drzyzga's pitch is that real estate software should be built 'from the books out' - accounting first - and that embedded financial services can bring liquidity to a market that has long been low-margin and illiquid.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Revela
- **Organizations:** Revela, Susquehanna Growth Equity (former)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Philosophy, Brown University
- **Known for:** Bootstrapped Revela for roughly nine and a half years before raising outside capital, Raised a $9 million Series A led by FirstMark Capital (November 2023), Scaled Revela to serve more than 200,000 units across multifamily, single-family, affordable, commercial and student housing

## Career timeline

- **pre-2014** — Worked in roles connected to Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE) before founding Revela
- **2014** — Founded Revela from a college apartment with $50,000 and no real estate experience
- **2016** — Co-founded/built out Revela alongside John DeSilva
- **2014-2023** — Bootstrapped Revela for roughly nine and a half years while building accounting-first infrastructure
- **2023** — Raised a $9 million Series A led by FirstMark Capital
- **2025** — Revela serving 200,000+ units with embedded lending and insurance; ~120% year-over-year growth

## Achievements

- Bootstrapped Revela for roughly nine and a half years before raising outside capital
- Raised a $9 million Series A led by FirstMark Capital (November 2023)
- Scaled Revela to serve more than 200,000 units across multifamily, single-family, affordable, commercial and student housing
- Built Revela into one of the largest lenders to property managers in Detroit, St. Louis and Gary
- Reported ~120% year-over-year growth
- Rebuilt Revela's entire cash-basis accounting module from scratch over nine months
- Contributing author at Propmodo on real estate technology and investment strategy

## Latest updates

- **2023-11** — Closed a $9 million Series A led by FirstMark Capital to scale Revela's platform.
- **2025-08** — Appeared on The Profitable Property Management Podcast discussing embedded lending, AI in real estate and data ownership.

## Links

- Website: https://revela.co
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-drzyzga-5a017047
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/revelapm

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