Tipbit, which aims to make your iPhone(s aapl) more useful, now has $4 million in a Series A funding round led by Ignition Partners. It will use the cash to staff up on developers, user interface experts and other technology know-how, according to a statement.

Until now the Bellevue, Wash. startup led by former Microsoft(s msft) and Citrix(s ctrx) executive Gordon Mangione (pictured above at left with chief architect Ewan Mellor) had been funded by friends and family.

Tipbit’s goal is to help people find the stuff they need on their iPhones without having to scroll endlessly through email and contacts. By linking the app to your Gmail or other accounts, Tipbit promises to surface all the relevant information about the task at hand. For example, if you’re meeting Joan Doe at 1 p.m., you click on her contact to get all her recent emails and texts to you, her most…