The Snow League, a NYC-based professional winter sports league exclusively dedicated to snowboarding and freeskiing, raised $15M in funding.
The round was led by Left Lane Capital, with participation from existing investors including Will Ventures, Ares Management funds, Bolt Ventures, and Ryan Sports Ventures. Rich Kleiman and Kevin Durant’s Boardroom Sports Holdings, Founder of League One Volleyball Peter Hirschmann and Kuvare Holdings also participated.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate the league’s expansion, and enhance fan engagement.
Led by CEO Omer Atesmen, The Snow League is a professional winter sports league entirely dedicated to snowboarding and freeskiing. The first season will feature men’s and women’s snowboard halfpipe competitions at all four events. Freeskiing will be introduced during the league’s second event in late 2025, and will be included in all future events. Athletes will compete to accumulate points based on their results from each event to be tallied together at the end of the season to crown The Snow League World Champion.
Confirmed athletes competing in Season One include Queralt Castellet (ESP), Lucas Foster (USA), Valentino Guseli (AUS), Bea Kim (USA), Ayumu Hirano (JPN), Maddie Mastro (USA), Mitsuki Ono (JPN), Sena Tomita (JPN) and many more.
FinSMEs
14/01/2025