Congratulations!
Congratulations to all the teams! Below are the teams who have advanced to the final, semi-final and quarter-final rounds of YSIC. The order is ranked. Please check out the announcement below for the final round updates.
YSIC Finalist Announcement
Dear YSICers,
We are excited to announce the final round of our Youth Sustainability Investment Challenge, which will take place on March 4th, 2023, from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). Please note that the actual time needed may last longer than this. The zoom access details will be sent to the top 10 teams (high school group) individually, so please DM me privately to receive the Zoom link, ID, and password.
The order of the final presentation will be:
1. Jeannette_Yang (Jeannette Yang)
2. LostDepression (Austin Liu, Wynnson Zheng, David Xie)
3. NoVA Investment Team (Evan Huang, Tommy Fan, Grace Liu)
4. Michelleding (Michelle Ding)
5. WenMoon07 (Kaiyu Wen, Bill Xu, Amber Dong)
6. PMSTraders (Andy Wang, JiaBao (William) Hu, Ethan Jin)
7. Daniel2022 (Daniel Qu)
8. Readyeddie (Edward Ho)
9. Luluxiao (Lucia Xiao)
10. LeoD (Leo Dai)
During the final round, participants will be judged based on several criteria, including presentation, investment strategy, sustainability (or ESG), and answers to the judges’ questions. We have invited four distinguished judges working in the investment industry to evaluate the participants’ performance.
We are pleased to announce the prizes and awards for the winners of the competition. The top three winners will receive cash prizes of $3,500, $2,000, and $1,000, respectively. Participants ranked fourth to tenth place will receive a cash prize of $500.
We wish all the participants the best of luck in the final round and encourage you to prepare thoroughly for the presentation. We are looking forward to seeing you soon!
Best regards,
YEFA & YSIC
YSIC Finalists - Middle School
In addition, based on the YSIC judging committee’s decision, the middle school participants (Grades 7th . 8th) were separated from the high school participants (grades 9th – 12th) for the global finale. The following 5 teams have been ranked from 1st to 5th place in the 2022-2023 Youth sustainability Investment Challenge (middle school group) and will receive a special certificate from YSIC. They will not be required to participate in the (live) Global Finale round.
Congratulations to the teams below!
1. TeamLilac (Adelle Pits, Wendy Wang)
2. Evzelhynu (Evelyn Zhu)
3. Team CWLAcademy (Raghav Reddy, Ollie Gu, Elijah Guan)
4. SpencerZhang (Spencer Zhang)
5. Ready Player One (Qiyu Duan, Tianliang Lu)
YSIC Semi-Final Results

YSIC Quarter-Final Results

