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Planet Foundamentals | Systemic solutions for a changing world

The new call for impact startups and, starting this year, for social enterprises.

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A new acceleration program has been launched for impact startups and social enterprises looking to strengthen, evolve, or scale their model.

Planet Foundamentals

Systemic solutions for a changing world

A new platform for startups, cooperatives, and social enterprises at various stages of development.
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CALL DETAILS

In a world where risks multiply and intertwine, the organizations that survive are not the largest: they are the most deeply rooted, adaptable, and financially independent. Planet Foundamentals, SocialFare’s acceleration program, supports impact-first organizations—startups, cooperatives, and social enterprises—in a unique journey to develop solutions capable of meeting these challenges.
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People
We aim to support innovation that addresses the main social challenges, thus improving the lives of individuals and communities.
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We aim to support innovation aimed at addressing key environmental challenges, thereby promoting systemic resilience and sustainability.

THE CHALLENGES OF THE CALL

Startups, cooperatives, and social enterprises work together on shared paths, offering them the opportunity to connect and work together to strengthen the resilience of social, economic, and environmental systems. Through acceleration, mentorship, and connections with the innovation and impact finance ecosystem, we help build an enabling environment for the growth and financing of social entrepreneurship.

WHO DO WE FOCUS ON?

Startups, cooperatives, and social enterprises are working together on a shared path that offers them the opportunity to connect and work synergistically to strengthen the resilience of social, economic, and environmental systems.

We support innovation that addresses key social challenges, improving the lives of people and communities, and building innovation to address key environmental challenges, thus promoting systemic resilience.
We accept applications from both established startups (innovative startups, SIAVS, LLCs), as well as those still in the process of being established and Social Enterprises (LLCs or Cooperatives), the latter with registered offices in Piedmont, Liguria, and the Aosta Valley.
We target startups and social enterprises with intentional, additional, and measurable social impact, which stand out for offering a highly innovative product/service or which wish to strengthen, evolve, or scale their model and accelerate through a dedicated hybrid program.

WHAT DO WE OFFER

The program is structured through several phases that include intensive weeks of work in Social Renaissances, dedicated hybrid meetings in 1-to-1 mode, live or asynchronous online modules, BootCamps in the territories and a dedicated Demo Day at the end of the program.
Intensive Acceleration Program
Consisting of short-weeks in Turin at Rinascimenti Sociali, thematic 1-to-1 mentoring and hybrid/online asynchronous modules
Diversified Demo Day and local bootcamps
Presentation events for qualified investors and bootcamps in Piemonte, Liguria, and Valle d'Aosta.
Up to €150,000 for Impact Startups
Through investment by SocialFare Seed
Dedicated partners & advisory boards
Invitalia, Generaimprese, ManagerNoProfit, Confcooperative Piemonte Nord, Legacoop Sociali Piemonte, Social Hub Genova.

OUR METHOD

The acceleration model addresses three key areas in a hybrid program combining in-person training and online sessions. Each of these areas includes key topics, called Pillars, which, delivered in various formats and with varying levels of complexity, comprise the acceleration program for impact startups, cooperatives, and social enterprises.
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Design
To delve deeper into impact strategy and product design to create user-centered solutions, through: Impact Strategy Product/Service Design Market potential
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Growth
To acquire skills to monitor performance and ensure sustainable growth over time.
Business Modeling KPI Dashboard Financial Planning
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Fundraising
Learn how to effectively present your proposal and access various funding sources. Fundraising Strategy Branding Pitching

SELECTION TIMING TIMELINE

The Planet Fundamentals call is always open. You can submit your business at any time of the year and access the acceleration program after selection.
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Rolling call
The program's application call is open year-round from June 18, 2026.
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Interviews
In-depth and pre-selection meetings
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Acceleration
Through hybrid focus weeks, bootcamps, mentoring and dedicated advisory
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Demo Day
Final presentation event to the SocialFare network

WHY TO APPLY

Over the years, we've worked on over 174 tailor-made courses, projects, consultancies, and mentorships, leveraging the impact generated by over 900 teams, organizations, and businesses we've supported on their growth journey.
Since 2016, we have launched and implemented 23 acceleration programs through which we have supported over 148 social impact startups, including Unobravo, Aulab, Freedome, and Bonus X.
Over 84% of the startups invested in by SocialFare Seed since 2017 have successfully completed a capital raising following our investment, which overall exceeds €51 million.
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Submit your application for your impact startup
Submit your application for your social enterprise

PARTNERS

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SocialFare is the first Center for Social Innovation in Italy, entirely dedicated to innovation with a strong social impact: through research, capacity building, and co-design, it develops innovative solutions to today's pressing social challenges, generating a new economy.
FCSP

Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo is an international philanthropic foundation committed to innovation and the promotion of individual and community values, with the aim of contributing to the cultural, civil, and economic development of local communities.
SocialFare Seed, Social impact investor, Socialfare

SocialFare Seed is a private company founded by impact investors that collaborates closely with SocialFare, a promoter of the systemic model for the creation and growth of new social entrepreneurship. This is a unique example in the Italian landscape.

CONTACT STAFF

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Quynh Nhu Nguyen
Head of Design
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Marco Cornetto
CEO & Head of Startup Acceleration
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Massimo Caon
Startup Scouting & Acceleration Specialist
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SocialFare Seed is a private impact seed investment vehicle established by Impact Investors, that invest in selected and accelerated SocialFare startups.

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