Beat (app)

Beat
Company typePrivate
Ridesharing
Industry
, Apps, etaxi, Ride-hailing
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011)
FoundersNikos Drandakis, Nikos Damilakis [1]
Headquarters
Athens, Greece and Amsterdam, Netherlands
Area served
South America, Greece, Mexico
Services
OwnerFree 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]

  1. ^ "Pioneering Greeks – Taxibeat founders N. Drandakis, N. Damilakis, K. Sakkas, M. Sfiktos". news.gtp.gr. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ^ Koutantou, Angeliki. "Greek plan to regulate taxi apps draws customers' ire". Reuters. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Latin America is the next stage in the race for dominance in the ride-hailing market". TechCrunch. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Beat Taxi Service Joins Forces with Athens Hotels". GTP Headlines. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  5. ^ Walmsley, Julie. "Can Uber's Global Business Be Beaten One City At A Time? Here's Daimler's Bet". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  6. ^ "Uber's next battleground: Latin America". VentureBeat. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Beat: Lima será nuestro 'hub' regional" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Bloomberg - Uber Now Has Another Rival in the World's Most Congested City". www.bloomberg.com. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  9. ^ "ENTER.CO". ENTER.CO. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  10. ^ "Beat expands into Argentina to take on Uber and Lyft".