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Leoparda Electric, a São Paolo–based startup, is working to build out a network of battery swapping stations that should help spread adoption of electric two-wheelers in the region. While Leoparda’s core business is battery swapping, the startup aims to do something similar by putting together a subscription package that includes an electric motorcycle or seated scooter, unlimited battery swaps, maintenance and insurance. Leoparda will first open its battery swapping locations in geographically concentrated zones where most couriers operate.

Hivestack, the world’s leading independent programmatic digital out of home (DOOH) ad tech company announced the expansion of its LATAM business with the launch of operations across Brazil. Now for the first time, brands, agencies, omnichannel demand-side platforms (DSPs), and media owners – both in the country and globally – can access the Hivestack platform and suite of solutions to plan, activate, measure, and drive revenue from programmatic DOOH campaigns in Brazil.

Secondary Securities Trading and Aggregation eXchange (SecondSTAX), a Ghanian Fintech startup which will allow broker-dealers, asset managers, pension funds, and institutional investors to access markets outside their own country, is announcing its launch to the public today. To bolster its efforts, it has also raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding from private investors and venture capital firms, including LoftyInc Capital and STEMeIn.

Nigerian startup Remedial Health, which develops solutions to make Africa’s pharmaceutical value chain more efficient, has raised US$4.4 million in seed funding to accelerate its expansion across Nigeria and to provide access to credit for inventory purchases for its growing customer base of neighborhood pharmacies.

Janngo Capital has announced the first close of its second fund at EUR34 million (US$36 million) and is targeting a further EUR26 million (US$26 million) to bolster its ability to invest in innovative African tech startups.

DispatchTrack, the leading solution provider of right-time delivery management software, announced that it has expanded its global footprint into Australia and New Zealand with new headquarters in Melbourne. The company will power deliveries in the regions for global and local brands with a focus on furniture, appliance, and 3PLs in addition to retail, food and beverage, transportation, services, and manufacturing.

Omnichannel media platform, Brandcrush, announced its expansion in the U.S. market to help grocery retailers and CPG brands drive growth with efficient, centralized media management as the $190 billion retail media market booms worldwide. The U.S. expansion into grocery retail follows Brandcrush’s success in Australia and with global D2C retailers, propelled by global businesses’ urgent need to modernize their media practices to unlock new revenue, protect margins and grow amid rising inflation.

Ninja Van Group, a Singapore-based tech-enabled express logistics company, is investing $50 million in automation technology and systems to enhance its parcel processing capabilities across its key parcel sorting hubs.

Pos Malaysia Berhad, a postal delivery service provider in Malaysia, issued the country’s first non-fungible token (NFT) stamps, making it the second postal service provider in Southeast Asia to do so after Thailand.

Alima, a Mexico-based supply chain startup, raised $1.5 million in new funding to continue developing data-driven tools for businesses to source the produce they need and have it delivered directly to them. Alima grew revenue 10x since January and continues to grow each month in double digits. It currently works with 600 customers, and expects to nearly triple the number of customers by the beginning of the year.

Houm is a proptech that delivers an end-to-end service to be everyone’s partner at every stage of their real estate cycle. It is a real estate accelerator that allows you to rent, buy, manage and sell properties through a digital technology platform quickly and easily. It comes to democratizing the industry by eliminating paperwork, bureaucracy, and slow processes and embracing the technological, digital, fast, and ecological.

The UK government’s development finance institution (DFI) British International Investment (BII), formerly known as CDC Group, has announced its plan to invest US$100 million in Egyptian startups over its current strategy period.