Venture capital funding, Founders, Startups and tech companies that have captured our attention today

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From a New York-based startup that organizes real-time oncology data, and an open-source predictive analytics platform for enterprise companies, a tablet point-of-sale app for restaurants and other businesses in the food service and hospitality space, to an edtech company that enables educators to discover, curate, share, track and value different kinds of learning, these initiatives listed below demonstrate this increasing vitality of the digital economy and the internet-based services and technologies.

[$21M / Series B] for
Degreed, an edtech company that enables educators to discover, curate, share, track and value different kinds of learning, such as internal portals and external training vendors, within a single platform.
Founders: David Blake, Eric Sharp
Investors :[ Jump Capital (Lead), Rethink Education, Signal Peak Ventures, Deborah Quazzo].

[$25M / Series B] for
Movinga , a Berlin-based online relocation service provider. It plans to use the new investment to accelerate business development and for further international rollout.
Founders: Bastian Knutzen, Chris Maslowski.
Investors:[ Index Ventures (Lead), Global Founders Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Heilemann Ventures].

[$28M / Series B] for
Hometeam , a NYC-based company that provides elderly clients with in-home care with services such as personalized care planning, expert caregiver matching and custom mobile technology.
Founders: Josh Bruno, Akash Shah.
Investors: [Lux Capital, Recruit Strategic Partners, IA Ventures, Oak HC/FT].

[$16M / Series C] for
RapidMiner that provides an open-source predictive analytics platform for enterprise companies. With $36M in total funding to date, the company says it has doubled its annual revenue and has over 100 employees.
Founders: Ingo Mierswa, Ralf Klinkenberg
Investors : [Nokia Growth Partners (Lead), Longworth Venture Partners, Earlybird Venture Capital, Ascent Venture Partners ]and more.

[$30M / Series B] for
Toast is, tablet point-of-sale app for restaurants and other businesses in the food service and hospitality space. The company serves over 1,400 restaurants in 43 states.
Founders: Steve Fredette, Jon Grimm, Aman Narang
Investors : [Bessemer Venture Partners (Lead), GV].

[$175M / Series C] for
Flatiron, a New York-based startup that organizes real-time oncology data to help cancer patients and doctors. As a part of the deal, Roche will buy several of Flatiron's subscription-based software products.
Founders: Zach Weinberg, Nat Turner.
Investors: [Roche (Lead), Casdin Capital, Allen & Company, Baillie Gifford].