# Revela

> Revela is a Detroit-based proptech company building an all-in-one property management platform that fuses double-entry, GAAP-grade accounting with leasing, maintenance, payments, reporting, and embedded banking. Founded in 2014 by Grant Drzyzga and bootstrapped for nearly a decade before raising a $9M Series A in 2023, Revela aims to bring liquidity and modern software to a historically low-margin, fragmented industry, serving managers of single-family, multifamily, affordable, commercial, and student housing across hundreds of thousands of units.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Detroit, Michigan, United States
- **Founders:** Grant Drzyzga (Founder & CEO), John DeSilva (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~36 employees (third-party estimate)
- **Products:** Accounting & Financial Reports, Embedded Banking & Payments, Maintenance & Work Orders, Leasing, Portfolio Management
- **Notable:** Bootstrapped for nearly a decade before raising any outside capital, Raised $9M Series A in 2023 led by FirstMark Capital, Grew from a college-apartment startup to serving 200,000+ units

## Products & services

- **Accounting & Financial Reports** — Double-entry, GAAP-grade trust and general ledger accounting with automated bank reconciliation, customizable chart of accounts, multi-entity support, and AI-powered anomaly detection.
- **Embedded Banking & Payments** — Built-in banking, digital payments, automated owner distributions, and embedded lending - positioning Revela as the only property platform offering lending capabilities directly in-product.
- **Maintenance & Work Orders** — Centralized work order management with AI that routes jobs to the optimal vendor in under 30 seconds.
- **Leasing** — Applications, tenant screening, lease signing, renewals, and market-optimized listing generation.
- **Portfolio Management** — Multi-entity, multi-asset oversight across regions with real-time financial insights and a portfolio-wide status prompt.
- **Communication & Portals** — Centralized messaging, document sharing, and resident and owner portals.
- **Insurance & Risk** — Risk management and insurance products, plus a Resident Benefits Package that reports on-time rent to help build tenant credit.

## Achievements

- Bootstrapped for nearly a decade before raising any outside capital
- Raised $9M Series A in 2023 led by FirstMark Capital
- Grew from a college-apartment startup to serving 200,000+ units
- Became one of the largest lenders to property managers in Detroit, St. Louis, and Gary
- Built a SOC-certified, GAAP-grade accounting core (AICPA badge displayed)
- First property management software to embed lending directly in the platform

## Latest updates

- **2023-11** — Closed $9M Series A led by FirstMark Capital, with Detroit Venture Partners, MetaProp, and Assurant Ventures - the company's first outside fundraise.
- **2024-05** — Founders Grant Drzyzga and John DeSilva represented Revela at RailsConf, reflecting the platform's Ruby on Rails foundation.
- **2025-08** — Repositioned product around 'Property Management AI that answers for every dollar,' adding AI anomaly detection and sub-30-second AI work-order routing.

## Links

- Website: https://www.revela.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/revela-inc.
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RevelaPM/

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Last updated: 2026-06-13