Ezra Goldman

Ezra Goldman

Founder @ Upshift | Reinventing Car Ownership for the Autonomous Era | Venture Scout

I specialize in

Building Product
Fundraising 101
Founder Advice
AI strategy
Product validation
Growth
Product-market fit
Fundraising strategy

Copilot for mobility founders: test ideas, sequence bets, avoid traps.

Background & Highlights

Co- Founder & CEO of Upshift. Redefining car ownership in cities for the autonomous era.

Upshift

2012 – Present

LvlUp Venture Scout. Sourcing investment opportunities for venture capital fund.

LvlUp Ventures

2024 – Present

LvlUp Ventures

About me

Founders building the future of mobility, transportation, physical AI, or autonomy who want to rethink traditional industries and scale innovative products. I've spent more than two decades exploring how technology can fundamentally reshape transportation and urban mobility. Long before autonomous vehicles became mainstream, I was building and championing ideas like dockless bikeshare, peer-to-peer car sharing, real-time ridesharing, fractional ownership, and on-demand rental models. Today, I'm the founder of Upshift, where we're reinventing car ownership for the autonomous era. Throughout my career, I've focused on identifying where the world is headed and building products that meet people there. Along the way, my work has been featured by Forbes, The New York Times, Wired, Business Insider, Discovery Channel, and many others. I enjoy helping founders think several years ahead, challenge assumptions, and build products that create lasting impactful change. If you're building the future of mobility, transportation, physical AI, autonomy, I'd love to connect on Hubble.

You'll get advice on

  • Product Vision & Innovation
  • Marketplace & Platform Strategy
  • Consumer Product Strategy
  • Startup Growth & Commercialization
  • Raising Venture Capital

Real feedback from real sessions

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