Beat (app)

{{short description|Peer-to-peer-ridesharing mobile application}}

{{Undisclosed paid|date=March 2021}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Beat

| logo = Beat app logo.png

| logo_size = 200

| type = Private
Ridesharing

| industry = {{ubl|Transportation |Mobility as a service}}, Apps, etaxi, Ride-hailing

| founded = {{start date and age|2011}}

| founders = Nikos Drandakis, Nikos Damilakis {{cite news |title=Pioneering Greeks – Taxibeat founders N. Drandakis, N. Damilakis, K. Sakkas, M. Sfiktos |url=https://news.gtp.gr/2016/04/08/pioneering-greeks-taxibeat-founders-n-drandakis/ |accessdate=28 September 2018 |work=news.gtp.gr}}

| hq_location_city = Athens, Greece and Amsterdam, Netherlands

| area_served = South America, Greece, Mexico

| products =

| services = {{Unbulleted list|Taxi|Package delivery}}

| owner = Free Now

| parent = {{plainlist|

• Mercedes-Benz Group
• BMW Group

}}

| website =

}}

Beat operates a taxi and ride-hailing mobile app for smartphones and other mobile devices. Beat's headquarters are located in Athens, Greece.{{cite news |last1=Koutantou |first1=Angeliki |title=Greek plan to regulate taxi apps draws customers' ire |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taxibeat-greece-regulations/greek-plan-to-regulate-taxi-apps-draws-customers-ire-idUSKCN1C427X |accessdate=28 September 2018 |publisher=Reuters}} About 90 percent of the company’s ride-booking activity is in Latin America, where more than 250,000 drivers work with the app.{{cite news |title=Latin America is the next stage in the race for dominance in the ride-hailing market |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/07/latin-america-is-the-next-stage-in-the-race-for-dominance-in-the-ride-hailing-market/ |accessdate=28 September 2018 |publisher=TechCrunch}}{{cite news |title=Beat Taxi Service Joins Forces with Athens Hotels |url=https://news.gtp.gr/2018/08/30/beat-taxi-service-joins-forces-athens-hotels/ |accessdate=28 September 2018 |publisher=GTP Headlines}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliewalmsley/2018/10/10/can-ubers-global-business-be-beaten-1-city-at-a-time-heres-daimlers-bet/|title=Can Uber's Global Business Be Beaten One City At A Time? Here's Daimler's Bet|last=Walmsley|first=Julie|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}}

Beat is currently available in Greece, Chile, Peru, Mexico and Argentina.{{cite news |title=Uber’s next battleground: Latin America |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/30/ubers-next-battleground-latin-america/ |accessdate=28 September 2018 |publisher=VentureBeat |date=30 March 2018}}{{cite news |title=Beat: Lima será nuestro ‘hub’ regional |url=https://elcomercio.pe/economia/dia-1/beat-lima-sera-nuestro-hub-regional-noticia-520909 |accessdate=28 September 2018 |publisher=El Comercio |date=18 May 2018 |language=es-PE}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-15/uber-now-has-another-rival-in-the-world-s-most-congested-city|title=Bloomberg - Uber Now Has Another Rival in the World’s Most Congested City|date=15 November 2018|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2019-02-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.enter.co/|title=ENTER.CO|website=ENTER.CO|access-date=2019-05-27}}{{cite news |title=Beat expands into Argentina to take on Uber and Lyft |url=https://www.onlinemarketplaces.com/articles/29862-beat-expands-into-argentina-to-take-on-uber-and-lyft}}