Nikos Drandakis is an entrepreneur, founder of Flyway and previously the founder of Beat (formerly known as Taxibeat), a leading mobile ride-hailing application.

With a technical background and an entrepreneurial mindset, Nikos embarked on his entrepreneurial journey in the late ’90s, founding tech startups like suppline.com, a B2B marketplace, helping businesses order their supplies online, and sync.gr, a blog aggregator and social networking app.

In 2011, Nikos along with three co-founders, launched Taxibeat, later rebranded as “Beat” after its acquisition by Daimler AG subsidiary in February 2017. The company is active in Athens, Greece; Lima, Perú; Santiago, Chile; and Bogotá, Colombia and serves almost a million rides per day.. Nikos served as the CEO at Beat until August 2020 when he left the company on an 800-employee scale and hundreds of millions in annual revenue. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Flyway, a propetch company which is the smart way for anyone to own a luxury second home, on their budget. With a track record of scaling ventures and driving innovation, Nikos continues to leave an indelible mark on the entrepreneurial landscape.