Company type | Private Ridesharing |
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Industry | , Apps, etaxi, Ride-hailing |
Founded | 2011 |
Founders | Nikos Drandakis [1] |
Headquarters | |
Area served | South America, Greece, Mexico |
Services | |
Owner | Free Now |
Parent |
Beat operates a taxi and ride-hailing mobile app for smartphones and other mobile devices. Beat's headquarters are located in Athens, Greece.[2] About 90 percent of the company’s ride-booking activity is in Latin America, where more than 250,000 drivers work with the app.[3][4][5]
Beat is currently available in Greece, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Argentina.[6][7][8][9][10]
Formerly known as Taxibeat, the company was founded in 2011 by Nikos Drandakis and Nikos Damilakis in collaboration with associates, Kostis Sakkas and Michael Sfictos.[11][12] The ride-hailing service was acquired by MyTaxi in February 2017, and was soon renamed to Beat. MyTaxi is a subsidiary of the automotive manufacturer Daimler AG.[13]
Today the company is part of the FREE NOW group, the ride-hailing joint venture of BMW and Daimler.[14]