Moltivolti Impresa Sociale

What Moltivolti Impresa Sociale does

Moltivolti Impresa Sociale is a private Italian social enterprise (legally structured as Moltivolti di Giovanni Zinna S.A.S. Impresa Sociale, P.IVA 06124530822) founded on April 24, 2014 by Giovanni Zinna together with people from eight different countries (Senegal, Zambia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Tunisia, and Italy) in the Ballarò neighborhood of Palermo, Sicily. Its commercial operations center on an international/Mediterranean restaurant at Via Giuseppe Mario Puglia 21 (Palermo HQ, open daily 09:00–00:00) and a second restaurant in Mazara del Vallo inside the CIVIC Urban Innovation Lab (opened 2023), complemented by the Sopra three-room guesthouse (added 2021), the BarConi social gelateria (added 2021, recognized by Gambero Rosso), a coworking space, the Camera a Sud event hall, and a catering service. There is no proprietary technology platform — the offering is purely physical hospitality and operational services.

The business model is transaction-based for most revenue streams (restaurant F&B, gelato sales, catering, responsible tourism tours) plus accommodation revenue from the three-room Sopra guesthouse. Approximately 60–70% of staff are international, recruited through structured internships and apprenticeships, making workforce integration a core operational function. The affiliated non-profit Moltivolti APS (Associazione di Promozione Sociale, established 2018) operates the social and educational programming — Italian language courses, computer courses, job orientation, intercultural and antiracist workshops, school visits, programs in juvenile detention (IPM Malaspina), and the 'Through My Eyes' neighborhood tour initiative (200+ tours since 2018). Social programs are funded primarily through EU and foundation grants, including the Diversify project backed by Avocats sans Frontières via the DEAR/TACKLE program (2026–2027) and earlier support from Freud Foundation and Haiku Foundation Lugano. Pricing is set per-cover for events (€35–40/person at Easter lunches in Mazara del Vallo) and per-room for the guesthouse (with €18/person half-board supplement); restaurant menu pricing and tourism tour pricing are not publicly disclosed.

Customer segments span individual diners and travelers, school groups, third-sector associations using the coworking space, juvenile justice and reception professionals, and grant-funded institutional partners (ASF, Still I Rise, IPM Malaspina, Diversify consortium). Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, relying on organic social (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube), word-of-mouth through the local partner network, and on-premise demand generation via solidarity dinners, cultural evenings, and workshops. Distribution is exclusively direct and physical; no e-commerce beyond the guesthouse booking site (sopra.moltivolti.org) and an external merchandise link on the Worth Wearing platform.

Name

Moltivolti Impresa Sociale

Legal name

Moltivolti di Giovanni Zinna S.A.S. Impresa Sociale

Website

https://moltivolti.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Moltivolti Impresa Sociale is a Palermo-based social enterprise operating a multi-venue hospitality and inclusion ecosystem — international restaurant, guesthouse, gelateria, coworking, catering, and responsible tourism — staffed primarily by migrants, serving consumers, travelers, schools, and EU-funded integration programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Enterprise Hospitality and Integration Services

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Traveler Accommodation (7211), Caterers (72232)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Occasion & Destination Restaurants (THAFACAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Lifestyle & Social Hotels (THAGADAB)

Keywords

• Social enterprise hospitality
• Responsible tourism services
• Community coworking spaces
• International restaurant dining
• Social integration programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Palermo

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Restaurant (Food Service): Moltivolti operates an international/Mediterranean restaurant in Palermo and a second location in Mazara del Vallo. Revenue is generated through food and beverage sales to dine-in customers. The restaurant is open daily (Palermo 09:00–00:00; Mazara del Vallo Wednesday–Sunday 18:00–00:00) and also offers shared tables for solo diners. The restaurant is the primary revenue-generating arm and the symbolic heart of the social mission.
2. Catering Services: Moltivolti provides world-cuisine catering for private events, corporate occasions, and special events. Catering is booked by reservation and represents a supplemental revenue stream tied to the restaurant's culinary offerings.
3. Guesthouse (Sopra): Sopra Moltivolti operates a 3-room guesthouse (Tiwi, Sicilianu, Wolof) above the main restaurant. Revenue is generated through overnight stays with breakfast included and half-board options at €18 per person. It targets travelers seeking authentic, non-conventional hospitality in Palermo's Ballarò neighborhood.
4. Coworking Space: Moltivolti offers shared and independent workstations primarily for third-sector associations, social workers, volunteers, and students. The space (including Camera a Sud event hall) is offered free of charge to students, youth, and associations, making it a community service rather than a primary revenue generator.
5. Barconi Gelateria: Barconi is a social gelato shop managed by migrant men and women. Revenue comes from gelato and ice cream sales. Recognized by Gambero Rosso as one of the seven best gelato shops in Palermo. Created in collaboration with Cappadonia (artisan gelato), with support from Freud Foundation and Haiku Foundation Lugano.
6. Responsible Tourism: Moltivolti APS organizes responsible tourism tours to Tanzania, Senegal, Nepal, Morocco, Madagascar, Colombia, Argentina, Zambia, and Malawi, involving over 600 travelers to date. Revenue is generated through tour participation fees. Additionally, the 'Through My Eyes' neighborhood tours in Ballarò are offered as experiential tourism products.
7. Donations and Merchandise: Moltivolti accepts donations via IBAN (IT51S0200804624000102155953) and sells branded merchandise such as t-shirts through the Worth Wearing platform. These represent supplemental revenue streams supporting the social mission.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Moltivolti Impresa Sociale operates a multi-vertical social enterprise in Palermo's Ballarò neighborhood: an international Mediterranean restaurant (Palermo and Mazara del Vallo), a coworking space with event hall, the Sopra guesthouse, and the BarConi social gelateria. It supplements these with world-cuisine catering, responsible tourism programs to nine countries, the 'Through My Eyes' neighborhood tours, and a social activities program offering internships, language and computer courses, and intercultural workshops.

Product overview

Moltivolti Impresa Sociale is a social enterprise operating as a multi-offering platform centered on an international restaurant in the Ballarò neighborhood of Palermo. The core offering consists of the Moltivolti Restaurant serving contemporary Mediterranean and world cuisine, complemented by a coworking space and the Camera a Sud event venue. The portfolio extends to the Sopra Guesthouse accommodation, the BarConi social gelateria, catering services, and responsible travel programs including 'Through My Eyes' experiential tours. A second restaurant location operates in Mazara del Vallo. Social activities include training programs, internships, language courses, and intercultural workshops. The ecosystem is supported by Moltivolti APS, the operational non-profit branch managing social, educational, and cultural initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BarConi: A social gelateria project run by migrant men and women, created in collaboration with Cappadonia (artisanal gelato excellence in Sicily), supported by Freud Foundation and Haiku Foundation Lugano. Named one of the seven best gelato shops in Palermo by Gambero Rosso.
• Sopra
• CIVIC - Laboratorio Innovazione Urbana

Products and services

• Moltivolti Restaurant (Palermo) An international/Mediterranean restaurant in Palermo's Ballarò district promoting food as a tool for dialogue between cultures, open daily 09:00-00:00, with shared tables available for solo diners.
• Moltivolti Restaurant (Mazara del Vallo) A world-cuisine restaurant within CIVIC – Urban Innovation Lab in Mazara del Vallo, offering gluten-free, lactose-free, and vegan options plus a literary café, open Wednesday to Sunday 18:00-00:00.
• Sopra Guesthouse A three-room guesthouse located above the Moltivolti restaurant in Palermo, with rooms named Tiwi, Sicilianu, and Wolof after languages from different continents; breakfast included and half-board supplement available at €18 per person per day.
• BarConi Gelateria A social gelato shop managed by migrant men and women in Palermo's Ballarò neighborhood, recognized by Gambero Rosso as one of the seven best gelato shops in Palermo.
• Coworking Space Shared and independent workstations offered to third-sector associations, social workers, volunteers, students, and informal groups; includes the Camera a Sud event hall offered free of charge to students, youth, and associations.
• Catering Service World-cuisine catering available by reservation for private, corporate, and special occasions, leveraging the same kitchen operations as the Moltivolti restaurants.
• Responsible Travel Tours Group tours to Tanzania, Senegal, Nepal, Morocco, Madagascar, Colombia, Argentina, Zambia, and Malawi, accompanied by migrants from those countries now living in Italy.
• Through My Eyes Tours Experiential tourism tours of Palermo's Ballarò neighborhood and market, led by young people with immigration backgrounds to shift the narrative around migration.
• Social Activities Program A training and integration program offering internships in food service and social project management, Italian language courses, computer courses, job orientation, and intercultural workshops for migrants, asylum seekers, unaccompanied minors, and youth under the juvenile justice system.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 600 travelers engaged through responsible tourism experiences
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MAD África (Siviglia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 December 2025MAD África (Seville) is a co-promoter of the DE.CO.STRUCT project alongside Moltivolti. Both organizations share visions for an intercultural, just, and free society. They collaborate on antiracist education, critical social education, and decolonial communication. Moltivolti staff visited MAD África in Seville in April 2026.
• Still I Rise – Gruppo SiciliaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 February 2025Moltivolti hosted a solidarity dinner event on 13 February 2025 featuring Still I Rise volunteers to present their mission of accessible education for all and raise funds for their project. This was a community event partnership.
• Gambian Association in PalermocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Gambian Association in Palermo is a core collaborating partner in the Diversify project (unpacking antiracist education) and the Diversect toolkit project. Together with Moltivolti APS, they run intercultural antiracist workshops for youth and contribute to musical activities in juvenile detention contexts.
• GiocherendacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGiocherenda is a core partner in the Diversify intercultural antiracist youth labs and Diversect toolkit project. The organization co-designs and co-facilitates participatory workshops bringing together local and newly arrived youth.
• CappadoniacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCappadonia is a benchmark for artisanal gelato in Sicily. The collaboration created Barconi, the social gelato shop managed by migrant men and women in Ballarò. Cappadonia contributes gelato expertise while Moltivolti provides the social enterprise framework.
• CESIEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCESIE is one of the local organizations in the proximity support desk network, helping direct people with specific needs to suitable services available in the city of Palermo.
• Arci Porco Rosso, Cledu, Parco del Sole, Santa Chiara, Casa Ancora, SOS Ballarò, Addio Pizzo, Sbaratto, Booq, Associazione dei Gambiani a Palermo, Giocherenda, Prism, Ecomuseo Mare Memoria Viva, Libera, DiVento, Per Esempio, SendminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThese organizations are part of the Moltivolti proximity support desk network (Sportello di Prossimità), collaborating to welcome and guide people with specific needs, directing them to the most suitable services available in Palermo.
• Operators in Palermo and Athens (Diversect)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Diversect project involved Moltivolti operators and counterparts in Athens conducting workshop activities with young people of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The project produced a toolkit for social and youth operators.
• Centro Vecinal Pumarejo (Siviglia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentro Vecinal Pumarejo is a historic space of resistance and participation in Seville, visited by Moltivolti staff during a collaboration trip with MAD África. It serves as a model of community-led space management.
• Kento (rapper and writer)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKento, a rapper and writer, led a musical workshop with youth from IPM Malaspina juvenile detention center, resulting in the creation of the song 'Le tempeste non durano per sempre' that won the Premio Nazionale Carlo Caruso 2026.
• CIVIC – Laboratorio Innovazione Urbana (Mazara del Vallo)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIVIC – Urban Innovation Lab hosts the Moltivolti location in Mazara del Vallo, providing space for the world cuisine restaurant, literary café, and cultural events. It represents a local partnership that enables the adaptation of the Moltivolti model to the Mazara del Vallo context.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Caritas Italiana: Italy's largest Catholic social-services network operating hospitality, refugee reception, and food-service programs nationally. Operates in an overlapping space (integration + accommodation + food) but at a much larger scale and as part of a broader welfare mission.
• Eataly: Italian-founded global food-and-restaurant marketplace with restaurants, retail, and educational programming around Mediterranean cuisine. Adjacent incumbent whose category leadership and Italian food credibility set the standard Moltivolti benchmarks against.

Direct peers

• Ostello Bello: Italian hostel chain with on-site restaurant, coworking, and event programming, branded around community, social engagement, and local cultural connection. Most directly comparable domestic operating model — lodging + bar/restaurant + community events — even though the underlying mission is more commercial.
• The Clink Charity: UK charity running restaurants inside prisons and in the community that train inmates for City & Guilds NVQ qualifications and support their reintegration post-release. Structural peer: hospitality operations explicitly tied to a vulnerable-beneficiary workforce.
• Fifteen (Jamie Oliver Foundation): The Jamie Oliver Foundation's flagship training-restaurant concept that employs disadvantaged young people in professional kitchens. Direct precedent for using a restaurant as a workforce-integration vehicle, with associated media and brand-building benefits.
• Social Bite: Scottish social enterprise bakery and coffee chain that trains and employs people experiencing homelessness; combines food-service operations with workforce-inclusion mission. Direct analogue to Moltivolti's restaurant-as-integration-platform model.
• Food for Soul / Refettorio: Massimo Bottura's global community-kitchen project, operating Refettorio restaurants that serve vulnerable populations using surplus food while training hospitality workers. Closest international analogue combining fine dining + social mission + multi-city expansion model.
• The Brigade: London-based social enterprise restaurant and barbershop that reinvests profits into training and employment for people facing barriers to work. Comparable in mixing hospitality revenues with a charitable training model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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