Tech2Peace

What Tech2Peace does

Tech2Peace is an Israeli nonprofit organization founded in 2018 by co-founders Abeer, Uri, and Tomer that runs peacebuilding programs combining technology training, facilitated dialogue, and entrepreneurship for young Israelis and Palestinians aged 20-30. The flagship product is a 10-day intensive seminar — relocated to the Republic of Cyprus since October 2023 — that combines hands-on tech courses, dialogue workshops, and a Google for Startups hackathon. Since founding, the organization has run 27 seminars, produced 720 alumni, and accumulated more than 2,000 dialogue hours, reporting participant outcome metrics of 91% believing in cross-cooperation and 92% willing to share learnings with their communities. Alumni gain access to a year-round portfolio of follow-on programs: AdvanceD Dialogue retreats, Tech Hackathons, Community & Networking events, Women's Forum, Leadership Forum, and a Mentorship Hub, which collectively function as an engagement and leadership pipeline beyond the initial seminar.

The business model is donation-based rather than revenue-generating. Tiered giving levels span $2,000 to sponsor a full seminar participant, $1,000 for a retreat participant, $180 for a weekend participant, and $18 for a social meetup participant, processed through PayPal Giving Fund, Benevity workplace giving, and P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds for US tax-deductible donations. Participants pay a modest commitment fee with partial scholarship options, while the majority of seminar costs (flights, accommodation, meals, mentors, guest speakers) are underwritten by donors. Strategic partners include Google for Startups (which has co-produced 25 hackathons), Checkpoint (team-building support), and Natan. No proprietary technology platform exists; the organization uses Fillout.com for application intake and runs standard web infrastructure under an Israeli Privacy Protection Law / GDPR-aligned privacy regime with WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance.

The core operating team is small — approximately 10 staff plus a volunteer and intern — distributed across Tel Aviv (CEO Esti Shohat Rozenfeld), Jerusalem (CFO Basheer Abu Baker), Emek Hefer (Program Director Arava Raz Gerzon), Ramallah (West Bank Coordinator Awad), East Jerusalem (Dialogue Coordinator Amjad), Haifa (Interviewer Layal Khoury), and Iksal (Intern Seraj Abu Salah). Governance is provided by a Board of Directors led by Interim Board Chair and Co-Founder Tomer Cohen, alongside high-tech executive Aliza Peleg (Silicon Valley), MIT Center for International Studies Managing Director David Dolev, UCLA Lecturer and alumni representative Adnan Jaber, Clarity CEO Michael Matias (Stanford-affiliated), Jericho Hill Ventures Executive Director Fayez Husseini, and impact investor Gadi Kenny (Founding Board Chair), with co-founders Abeer Bandak and Uri Rosenberg plus consultant Noam Alon on the Advisory Board.

Name

Tech2Peace

Legal name

Tech2Peace

Website

https://tech2peace.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tech2Peace is an Israeli nonprofit founded in 2018 that runs 10-day technology and dialogue seminars in Cyprus for young Israelis and Palestinians aged 20-30, supported by a year-round alumni ecosystem of hackathons, mentorship, and community events, funded primarily through donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Peacebuilding and cross-cultural education

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Computer Training (611420), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual/Hybrid International Short-Term Academic Programs (EDAIAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technical Bootcamps & Accelerated Reskilling (Full-time/Part-time) (BPAEANAE), Mentoring, Coaching, Alumni Networking & Peer Support Platforms (EDAFAMAN)

Keywords

• Peacebuilding seminars
• Cross-cultural dialogue
• Technology training
• Conflict resolution education
• Community engagement programs

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Philanthropic Support: Tech2Peace relies primarily on donations to fund seminar costs, covering participant flights, accommodation, meals, mentors, and guest speakers. Donation tiers include $2000 for one seminar participant, $1000 for retreat participant, $180 for weekend participant, and $18 for social meetup participant.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tech2Peace runs cross-border seminars and year-round programs that combine high-tech skills training, facilitated dialogue, and entrepreneurship education for young Israelis and Palestinians ages 20-30. Its flagship is a 10-day intensive seminar (held in Cyprus since October 2023) pairing beginner and advanced tech courses with structured conflict-dialogue workshops and Google for Startups hackathons. Alumni gain access to ongoing retreats, hackathons, women's and leadership forums, community events, and a mentorship hub.

Product overview

Tech2Peace operates as a peacebuilding organization offering a portfolio of programs centered around technology training, dialogue facilitation, and community-building. The core offering is the 10-Day High-Tech & Dialogue Seminar, which combines hands-on tech training courses (beginner and advanced tracks), facilitated conflict dialogue workshops, and entrepreneurship education. Alumni gain access to year-round programs including AdvanceD Dialogue retreats, Tech Hackathons (partnered with Google for Startups), Community & Networking events, Women's Forum, Leadership Forum, and Mentorship Hub. The programs collectively serve to equip young Israelis and Palestinians with professional tech skills, personal connections, and peacebuilding capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 10-Day High-Tech & Dialogue Seminar Intensive 10-day seminar bringing together young Israelis and Palestinians (ages 20-30) for 18 hours of tech training (beginner and advanced tracks), facilitated dialogue workshops, community-building activities, and Google for Startups hackathons. Currently held in Cyprus due to the security situation; participants apply through the Tech2Peace website.
• AdvanceD Dialogue Advanced dialogue weekends, overnight retreats, and virtual dialogue opportunities for alumni that explore identity, conflict, and shared society, along with cultural exchange events.
• Tech Hackathons Tech and entrepreneurship hackathons combining skill-building in technology with cross-cultural collaboration, teamwork, and personal connections through shared goals. Enabled through the Google for Startups partnership (25 hackathons delivered).
• Community & Networking Alumni community gatherings including in-person and online meetups, casual social events, and structured alumni weekends offering space to reconnect, exchange ideas, and strengthen cross-border relationships.
• Women's Forum Gender-responsive workshops and dialogue program creating space for Jewish and Arab women to connect, lead, and collaborate, and to empower women as equal partners in conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
• Leadership Forum Program designed to deepen leadership skills and develop leaders who can guide communities through conversations and peacebuilding initiatives.
• Mentorship Hub Program connecting mentors with the Tech2Peace alumni community to provide expert one-on-one support on tech innovations and professional development.

Quantifiable outcome

• 91% of participants believe Israelis and Palestinians can cooperate on joint activities
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Google for StartupscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership with Google4Startups enabling 25 hackathons, creating spaces where participants connect with startup communities and spark innovative ideas. Hackathons combine skill-building in tech and entrepreneurship with cross-cultural collaboration.
• CheckpointminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCheckpoint supports Tech2Peace through team-building activities like escape rooms and provides valuable resources to participants.
• NatanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization supporting Tech2Peace programs, listed among partner logos on the contact page.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• OneVoice Movement: International nonprofit operating separate Israeli and Palestinian chapters that run leadership and dialogue programs for young adults, including youth summits and alumni networks. Directly comparable because it targets the same demographic (young Israelis and Palestinians aged roughly 18-30), recruits via applications, and sustains year-round post-summit engagement.
• Peres Center for Peace and Innovation: Israel-based nonprofit combining peacebuilding with technology and innovation programming, including leadership programs for young Israelis and Arabs. Directly comparable because of the explicit tech-plus-peacebuilding positioning and a youth leadership focus, though it is more established and institutionally anchored than Tech2Peace.
• Combatants for Peace: Israeli-Palestinian grassroots organization of former combatants running dialogue, joint demonstrations, and community programs across the conflict line. Directly comparable in that it operates an Israeli-Palestinian, in-region peacebuilding model with structured dialogue programming, though it skews older and former-combatant rather than tech-trained youth.
• BuildOn: International nonprofit running intensive service and leadership programs for youth from conflict-affected regions, with a heavy alumni-network model. Comparable as a peer because of the cohort-based youth empowerment + alumni flywheel structure, though BuildOn's anchor activities are education/infrastructure rather than technology skills.
• Seeds of Peace: US-founded nonprofit that runs intensive cross-cultural youth dialogue programs for Israelis, Palestinians, and other conflict-affected youth. Directly comparable to Tech2Peace in combining a residential intensive cohort model with year-round alumni programming, with the key differentiator being that Tech2Peace layers in tech-skills training.
• Givat Haviva: Long-running Israeli nonprofit running shared-education, dialogue, and leadership programs for Jewish and Arab young people in Israel. Directly comparable in targeting young Israeli and Arab participants with intensive programs and alumni networks, though more educational-system-oriented than tech-focused.
• MEET - Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow: Israel-based nonprofit that brings together Israeli and Palestinian high-schoolers for intensive tech and entrepreneurship programming. Closely comparable to Tech2Peace as a tech-skills + cross-border cohort model, operating in the same Israeli-Palestinian context and with a similar alumni-network approach.

Broad incumbents

• Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP): Umbrella coalition of more than 150 Israeli and Palestinian civil-society organizations working on peacebuilding. Comparable as a sector-coordinating body that channels donor funding and policy advocacy to members like Tech2Peace, positioning it as a meta-organization adjacent to (rather than directly competing with) Tech2Peace.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tech2peace

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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