{"id":1983830,"date":"2026-06-11T04:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T01:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1983830"},"modified":"2026-06-11T04:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T01:32:21","slug":"snowtunnel-raises-aud-1-3-million-via-crowdfunding-for-melbourne-australia-demo-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1983830","title":{"rendered":"Snowtunnel Raises AUD 1.3+ Million Via Crowdfunding for Melbourne, Australia, Demo Site"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Melbourne, Australia, startup thinks it has found a cheaper way to build indoor skiing, and more than 300 investors have already committed over AUD 1.3 million (USD 775,000) to find out if it\u2019s right. <\/strong>The funding round for Snowtunnel remains open for another nine hours on June 11, with the company raising capital to build the first real-world version of its rotating indoor ski system in Melbourne\u2019s western suburbs.<\/p>\n

If successful, Snowtunnel could help solve one of skiing\u2019s biggest problems: attracting a new generation of participants. <\/strong>Unless you are one of the lucky few who live in the mountains, skiing and snowboarding require long drives, expensive equipment, and increasingly costly lift tickets. Millennials and Generation Alpha are entering the sport at lower rates than previous generations, raising concerns about skiing\u2019s long-term future.\u00a0Industry experts, such as Laurent Vanat, author of the International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism<\/a>, believe that indoor ski centers are the way forward. But traditional indoor ski centers are enormous, expensive projects that require vast amounts of land, making them difficult to build close to major population centers.<\/p>\n