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Fresh off its big push during the NBA playoffs, GOAT announced today a $100 million raise.

California seeks to ban gas-powered cars by 2035.

SpaceX alums launch a startup to help scale like a rocket ship.

Spotify adds polls to its podcast features.

The DOJ calls on Congress to expand social media companies' liability for what appears on their platforms.

The dot.LA Summit is coming in October, featuring cutting-edge programming, fast-pitch competitions, networking, workshops, social events and a live awards show. See the speakers and register for early bird prices here!

GOAT's $100M Raise Fuels its Trendsetter Ambitions 

Once a project of college friends authenticating sneakers, GOAT is positioning itself to be a global luxury shoe and apparel retailer as the brick-and-mortar model falls into decline Read more >>

GoodRx Shares Soar 50% on Wall Street Debut

Prescription discount app GoodRX shares skyrocketed on Wednesday. It's the first Los Angeles tech company to go public this year. Read more >>

Leonardo DiCaprio Joins Struck Capital 

Santa Monica seed-stage fund Struck Capital is adding some high-wattage Hollywood star power to its cast of limited partners. "It's a huge feather in our cap," said Adam Struck, the entrepreneur who started Struck in 2014. Read more >>

Artie Goes After Mobile Gaming's Bigger Problem

Mobile gaming has long been dealing with app platforms that make it costly to do business and harder to reach new audiences. Here's how the developers at L.A.-based Artie hope to solve the industry's problems with a new platform. Read more >>

Tiltify Remakes Charity for the Video-Streaming Era

Startup Tiltify wants to use lessons from Twitch's success in the gaming industry to change the way charities interact with their audiences. A recent $6.5 million raise will help them do just that. Read more >>

Register for the dot.LA Summit

The inaugural dot.LA Summit on October 27th and 28th will feature a selection of disruptive and innovative L.A.-based startups, keynote speakers and panelists, made up of founder CEOs and C-level executives working in tech, media, entertainment and healthcare. Register here!

Nominate Pitch Competition Contestants

We're looking for Southern California startups in any industry who have a product out and have not raised more than $1 million in funding for our next Startup Pitch Showcase. Nominate your company >>

Nominate Innovators for dot.LA's Startup Awards

We are thrilled to announce the first dot.LA Startup Awards 2020, a celebration of the most innovative people and companies in the L.A. startup and tech community, on Wednesday, October 28th. See the award categories and nominate companies >>

Sign up for The Wrap's 3-Day Entertainment Tech Conference

dot.LA is joining TheGrill, TheWrap's flagship 3-day, all-virtual conference on the convergence between entertainment, media and technology. Read more and get half off registration here >>