OneTraction Select Finalists for MIT Hackathon

BOSTON - Nov. 11, 2016 - PRLog -- OneTraction, a Silicon Valley-based Open Innovation Accelerator announced the selection of finalists for their Berkeley Global Hackathon, hosted virtually with the opening reception organized in San Francisco which was sold out and attended by prominent investors, press and guests observer including panelist from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley and Apple. The top winners are:

1) – Eangelica Aton of +note, which will analyze emotional well-being & physical rehabilitation by aggregating data via patient recognition technology, qualitative sources, and open APIs for user education, research, and improved TBI outcomes from healthcare providers. Our end goal is to establish a bridge between healthcare providers, community and rehabilitation services, and access to digital care plans. We will incorporate existing technology regarding movement tracking and social engagement to obtain more robust analyses, in addition to connecting patients who are at risk from physical injuries to also be linked to appropriate resources; and clinicians & researchers linked to them. The team are based in Cambridge, MA and led by Eangelica an MIT graduate, along Rohit a Harvard MD and extensive team.  Read more about the founder at Linkedin.com.

2) – John Khan is building a secure IoT network interface for the Internet. An inline type of firewall that will prevent IoT devices from being used as cyber-attack vectors. He is working to solve a key pillar of the IoT potential which is a $20 Trillion Global Market. The team are based in Boston and led by John who is a University of Massachusetts Boston graduate with relevant industry experience. Read more about the founder at Linkedin.com.

3) – Marty Markenson of Eduvrse intend to solve major opportunity in the education market. Many students find STEM education to be boring and uninspiring. The goal of Eduvrse is to give STEM students the opportunity to explore the wonder of these topics using Virtual Reality. The team are based in Boston and led by Marty who is a University of Illinois graduate and holder of several past awards including AT&T Hackathon. Read more about the founder at Linkedin.com.

OneTraction's disruptive approach focus on guided execution where founders contribute incrementally on a weekly basis in building their business "not just funding" by taking startups through the stages of building an MVP with validated market fit, gaining traction, and obtaining angel round financing. They offer their program both virtually and at their partner's office space in the heart of Silicon Valley, located a few minutes from the Stanford University campus and Sand Hill Road Top Venture Capitalists. Their unique approach extends to startups not just on-site but globally. Active startups are located across the United States, Canada, France, UK, Germany, and Italy with new finalists extending throughout Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia and MENA.

About US: OneTraction' in-house team is comprised of startup experts with multiple successful exits each. They hail from top schools including Harvard, Stanford and MIT, along their mentor network of nearly 300 experts from across the United States, Canada, EU and Asia which is the largest Ivy school educated mentors network offered by any accelerator in Silicon Valley. Fall batch is open for sign up until November 30, 2016. Interested parties can apply by visiting onetraction.com for more information. Interested founders, investors and partners are welcome to visit One Traction's events page for upcoming Hackathons scheduled at top University and partner's venue across the US, here: http://onetraction.com

Contact:  To learn more about us, please email the company's Media Relations at: onetraction.com.