1. A system comprising: an authentication engine; a student venture investment decision engine; a filtered student venture applications data store; a server and backend controller coupled to the authentication engine, the student venture investment decision engine, and the filtered student venture applications data store; wherein, in operation: the authentication engine authenticates an investor via the server and backend controller; the student venture investment decision engine receives from the investor a message sufficient to identify a student venture having an associated data structure stored in the filtered student venture applications data store in which to invest.