Jobcase's $100M Funding Round Will Help Startup Grow — And Stay — In Mass.

Cambridge startup Jobcase, a professional network for blue-collar workers, has raised $100 million in new funding — more than five times its previous total.

The massive cash infusion, led by investment firm Providence Strategic Growth, signals confidence in Jobcase's ability to compete with LinkedIn and other more specialized networks such as WorkHands, which targets trade workers.

And the nine-figure investment admits Jobcase to an elite club of Boston-area software startups that have raised similarly large sums. Other recent members include Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Fuze, Toast and ezCater.