Dylan Peters

Dylan Peters founded Reawaken Capital in 2016 and serves as its General Partner. The firm acquires and redevelops entry-level rental housing in supply-constrained U.S. markets, including Atlanta and Austin.

Before leading Reawaken full time, Peters was a Vice President at Recreate Commercial Real Estate in San Francisco, advising technology companies and venture capital firms on their real estate strategy. Representative clients included Take-Two Interactive, Transmission, 500 Startups and the 1517 Fund. He began his real estate career in residential sales at Zephyr Real Estate. In 2021 he co-founded Deepwaters, a fintech company later acquired by AW3. He is a Venture Partner with Gaingels and has invested in early-stage companies including Unstoppable Domains and AirOps.

Earlier in his career, Peters was a sommelier and wine consultant in San Francisco and New York. He was a sommelier at Saison in the year it received three Michelin stars, served as head sommelier at Le Coucou, and consulted for the FBI Art Crime Unit on wine fraud cases in the United States.

Peters was knighted into the Order of Saint Martin by Prince Lorenzo de' Medici in 2026 and holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Michael Hillebrand and Eddie Bravo. He serves on the Real Estate and Planning Committee of Austin Habitat for Humanity and lives in Austin, Texas.