Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration No. 333-249786

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 7

(to Prospectus dated December 3, 2020)

Up to 24,988,338 Shares of Class A Common Stock

Up to 7,745,000 Shares of Class A Common Stock Issuable Upon Exercise of Warrants

This prospectus supplement updates and supplements the prospectus dated December 3, 2020 (the “Prospectus”), which forms a part of our registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-249786). This prospectus supplement is being filed to update and supplement the information in the Prospectus with the information contained in our current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2021 (the “Current Report”). Accordingly, we have attached the Current Report to this prospectus supplement.

This prospectus supplement updates and supplements the information in the Prospectus and is not complete without, and may not be delivered or utilized except in combination with, the Prospectus, including any amendments or supplements thereto. This prospectus supplement should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and if there is any inconsistency between the information in the Prospectus and this prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement.

Investing in our securities involves risks that are described in the “Risk Factors” section beginning on page 6 of the Prospectus.

Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus supplement is May 25, 2021. 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 25, 2021 (May 24, 2021)

SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-38839	82-5325852
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2525 16th Street, Suite 316, San Francisco, CA	94103
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (855) 575-6739

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	SFT	Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) if the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 On May 24, 2021, Shift Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Launch Press Release”), announcing its intention to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2026 in a private offering only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

On May 24, 2021, the Company issued a press release (the “Pricing Press Release”), announcing the pricing of $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “notes”) in a private offering only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Shift expects to use a portion of the net proceeds from the offering of the notes to pay the cost of the capped call transactions referenced in the Launch Press Release and the Pricing Press Release, and the remaining proceeds to pay for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Copies of the Launch Press Release and the Pricing Press Release are attached as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation, or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale is unlawful.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibits
99.1		Launch Press Release dated May 24, 2021.
99.2		Pricing Press Release dated May 25, 2021.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Dated: May 25, 2021	/s/ George Arison
	Name:	George Arison
	Title:	Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

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