Shift Technologies

Shift Technologies, Inc.
Company typePublic
OTC Pink: SFTGQ (since 2023)
Nasdaq: SFT (2020-23)
IndustryE-commerce, Automotive industry, transportation industry
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
FoundersGeorge Arison, Minnie Ingersoll, Christian Ohler and Morgan Knutson
HeadquartersSan Francisco California, United States
Area served
San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles, California
Websiteshift.com

Shift Technologies, Inc. was an American company that sold used vehicles online and also maintained a consignment-based online marketplace for buying and selling used cars.[1] Founded in 2014, Shift was based in San Francisco's Mission District.[2] As of October 2022, the company offered its services in the San Francisco Bay Area, Greater Los Angeles, and Portland, OR.[3][4][5] On October 6, 2023, Shift Technologies announced its intentions to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As of that date, its final two locations in Oakland and Pomona, California, and its website is no longer in operation.

  1. ^ "LA tech roundup: Shift comes to LA, Zest heads to China, & more". Built in Los Angeles. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  2. ^ "S.F. Auto Startup outgrows teen years with new Mission office". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Bay Area car-selling marketplace to invest $20M in Virginia expansion". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Adios car dealers, there's a new kid in town". The San Diego Tribune. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  5. ^ Golden, Hannah (2021-11-12). "SHIFT Hubs". Shift Blog. Retrieved 2022-04-13.