Shift Closes Acquisition Of Fair’S Dealer Listing Marketplace Technology
May 12, 2022•over 3 years ago
Acquiring Company
Angel Studios
Acquired Company
Dealer Listing Marketplace Technology
Description
Shift Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFT), a leading end-to-end auto ecommerce platform transforming the used car industry with a technology-driven, hassle-free customer experience, has closed its acquisition of certain assets of Fair Financial Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries (“Fair”) and the acquisition of the equity interests of a subsidiary of Fair. Concurrently with the closing of the Fair acquisition, Shift also closed the issuance of senior unsecured notes to an affiliate of SoftBank Group Corp. (“SoftBank Group”).
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Tech stack consolidation
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Post-acquisition investment
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