Herndon, Va.-based Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announcedthat its Virginia Founders Fund is investing in Tysons-based Curbside Kitchen. Founded in 2017, the startup developed a platform to connect food trucks with owners of commercial offices and multi-family residential buildings.
The Virginia Founders Fund is the latest CIT GAP Fund that launched in 2018 and focuses on supporting companies with female, minority or veteran founders, or other entrepreneurs located in regions outside of Northern Virginia.
The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Curbside Kitchen said it will use the investment to hire more employees, expand to new markets and advance its tech platform to include a mobile app, dynamic scheduling and mobile ordering. Right now, the all-in-one food truck management platforms allows building owners to select culinary options to schedule food trucks for its tenants and it even allows them to circulate menus and place orders.
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