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Overview
Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Total raised
$73.75M
Founded date
2014
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 2
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| Nov 18, 2014 | Series A round | $23.75M |
Mentions in press and media 18
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| Sep 24, 2020 | Insurance Acquisition Corp. Schedules Special Meeting for October 13th to Approve Business Combination with Shift, Bringing the Newest Pure-Play in the Used Car Auto Ecommerce Market to the Public Markets | |
| Sep 13, 2018 | Shift Raises $140M in Debt and Equity Financing | Shift Technologies, a San Francisco-based platform to buy and sell used cars, raised more than $140 million in Series D equity and debt financing. The round, which brought Shift’s total financing of equity and debt to $265m, was led by Lith... |
| Jul 19, 2017 | BMW leads $38 million investment in used car marketplace Shift | Shift, an online secondhand car marketplace that lets potential buyers arrange test drives direct to their home, has raised $38 million in a series C round of funding led by BMW’s venture capital (VC) arm, iVentures, with participation from... |
| Jul 19, 2017 | Shift Raises $38M in Series C Funding | Shift, a San Francisco, CA-based platform for selling pre-owned cars, raised a $38M Series C financing. The round was led by BMW iVentures, with participation from new major investors DCM Ventures and G2VP, as well as continued participatio... |
| Jul 19, 2017 | Shift Gets $37M More To Ramp Online Used Auto Sales | Online used car marketplace Shift, which has two offices in Southern California--its biggest market--has raised $37M more in funding, the company said today. The funding came from BMW iVentures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Highland Capital, D... |
| Jul 19, 2017 | The virtual used car dealership Shift raises $38 million | Shift, the online used car reseller that takes the crappy dealership out of the sales experience, has raised $38 million in its latest round of funding. The company, which is wildly popular among millennials that still buy cars, managed to ... |
| May 19, 2016 | Insurtech, Shift Technologies Raises $10M in Series A Venture Capital Funding | Shift Technologies, a Paris, France-based insurtech startup, raised $10m in Series A funding. The round was led by Accel, with participation from existing investors Elaia Partners and Iris Capital. The company intends to use the funds to hi... |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 1, 2015 | IDG nabbed $120M; Cequr raised $100M; Cloud Apps Capital Partners bagged $53.7M Cloud business software companies are currently in a strange position when it comes to venture capital. They require more capital and board support than the see... |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Shift Technologies Gets $50M More | Shift Technologies, the online marketplace for used cars which has major operations in Los Angeles, has raised $50M in new funding for the startup, the company said today. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP), and... |
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FAQ about Shift
When was Shift founded?
Shift was founded in 2014.
How much funding has Shift raised?
Shift has raised $73.75M in total across 2 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has Shift raised?
Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of Shift, among them a Series A round of $23.75M on Nov 18, 2014.
What has the press written about Shift?
Parsers VC has collected 18 articles mentioning Shift, among them “Insurance Acquisition Corp. Schedules Special Meeting for October 13th to Approve Business Combination with Shift, Bringing the Newest Pure-Play in the Used ...” (Sep 24, 2020) and “Shift Raises $140M in Debt and Equity Financing” (Sep 13, 2018).
Is Shift still active?
Yes, Shift is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 24, 2020.