Steve Newcomb (pictured), who previously co-founded Powerset, the semantic search company acquired by software provider Microsoft for $100m, founded and runs Famous.

Famous Industries, a US-based provider of software to help develop applications, has raised $4m in its series A round from a consortium including “one or more” hardware vendors alongside venture capital firm Javelin Venture Partners.

Steve Newcomb (pictured), who previously co-founded Powerset, the semantic search company acquired by software provider Microsoft for $100m, founded and runs Famous.