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Making the overlooked, unmissable.

501(c)(3) Nonprofit

Where access meets opportunity.

INVESTED is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit expanding economic mobility through career readiness and financial education.

The Problem

Making the overlooked, unmissable.

Just 52% of recent four-year graduates land a job that requires their degree a year out; 45% remain underemployed a decade later. AI-generated applications have overwhelmed the resume and recruiters are drowning in noise. Capable students go undiscovered, not for lack of capability, but because the pipeline cannot read past the credential or hear students' voices.

INVESTED is the infrastructure being built to change that.

Judges & Mentors

Help us evaluate and develop real talent.

“This streamlined my investing journey. I finally understand the metrics I used to overlook (risk, valuation, and time horizon), and I now evaluate opportunities with a clearer, more disciplined perspective.”

Miles Dupont

INVESTED PARTICIPANT

“This helped me see the business landscape differently. It wasn’t just about investing; it reinforced the importance of investing in yourself, building skills, and thinking long-term.”

Rachel Thomas

INVESTED PARTICIPANT

What you do

Evaluate live pitches using INVESTED's structured rubric. Provide written feedback to every finalist. Optionally mentor a student team during the build session.

“I planned to buy my first property at 21, but this event showed me what I was missing. The real work is the research (financing options, cash flow, and due diligence), and now I have a step-by-step plan to do it right.”

Dale Craig

INVESTED PARTICIPANT

What you get

Direct access to high-potential students you'd never see through Handshake or LinkedIn. A clear, measurable contribution to economic mobility. And, if your company is interested, a path to a hiring relationship with the institutions traditional pipelines overlook.

“INVESTED made finance feel possible for me. I left with real clarity: what careers exist, what skills I need, and a roadmap to start building toward internships and long-term wealth.”

Aaliyah Brooks

INVESTED PARTICIPANT

“Before this, I thought investing was guesswork. INVESTED taught me how to think in systems (goals, strategy, and decision-making) so I can build wealth with confidence instead of hype.”

Cameron Nguyen

INVESTED PARTICIPANT

How We Work

Three pillars. One mission.

  1. 01Live Pitch Competitions

    Flagship on-campus events where students compete for prize money, scholarships, and direct career opportunities.

  2. 02Verified Talent Signals

    Pitch videos, judge evaluations, and structured competency scores. A portfolio asset students own and recruiters trust.

  3. 03Institutional Partnerships

    Universities, corporate sponsors, and mission-aligned foundations building a national pipeline, at zero operational lift to our partners.

What finalists get

  • 01Verified evaluation by a panel of corporate recruiters and judges
  • 02Prize money, scholarships, and recruiter introductions
  • 03A permanent portfolio asset: pitch video, scores, and judge feedback

Sponsors

Reach the students your competitors aren't.

Evaluated candidates at HBCUs, MSIs, community colleges, and regional universities, showing evidence of capability, not stacks of identical applications.

Tier 01

Founding Sponsor

Co-branded flagship, on-site judge slots, recruitment access to all finalists, named recognition.

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Tier 02

Flagship Partner

Multiple flagships annually, priority access to top-evaluated students across the calendar, dedicated outcome reporting, INVESTED platform access for your recruiters.

Tier 03

Anchor

Category exclusivity (one Anchor per industry vertical), naming rights on a flagship series, custom programming opportunities, year-round student pipeline access.

Founding cohort of high school flagships in Q4 2026.

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The Flagship Format

Judged, not performed.

Students pitch original concepts to a panel of corporate judges using structured rubrics across five dimensions.

  1. 01Thesis
  2. 02Analytical rigor
  3. 03Q&A
  4. 04Structure
  5. 05Command of the room

100% of flagship finalists evaluated by corporate judges.

Compete. Evaluate. Connect.

The Payoff

The pitch is the proof.

$35,000+

awarded in prizes and scholarships

The resume is collapsing. INVESTED is replacing resume guesswork with verified evidence of student capability.

Leadership

Built by people who have lived the problem.

Kyle Carter

Kyle Carter

Founder & President

Jada Sweeting

Jada Sweeting

Corporate Outreach

Emmanuel Marfo

Emmanuel Marfo

Treasurer

INVESTED is governed by a board of directors drawn from institutional finance, technology, and corporate backgrounds.

Contact

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