Gaza Sky Geeks Rise Again Through Crowdfunding

When Gaza’s first and only accelerator launched in 2013, the founders of Gaza Sky Geeks were aware of the relentless spirit needed to kickstart such a venture. They were working with the first two startups to enroll: Datrios and DWBI Solutions. Unfortunately, just a couple of months into it, war soon followed: “We held our second Startup Weekend just two weeks before the conflict [with Israel] started,” Jessica Rose, communication manager at GSG, told Arabnet. “Funding for projects like this has been understandably eclipsed by the need to fund reconstruction.”