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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]
This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's
terms of use. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's
content policies, particularly
neutral point of view. (March 2021) |
Company type |
Private Ridesharing |
---|---|
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]