Zakaria Mansour

Questioner
DISC Type : c

Seed Investor at Stairling

France

Overview

Zakaria Mansour is the CEO and co-founder of bsport, a fast-growing management and marketing platform for wellness studios that recently secured €30M in Series B funding. A graduate of ESCP Business School with a dual degree in mathematics, he has a background in tech consulting, including Computer Vision and AI, before founding his company in 2018.

Born and raised in Paris, Zakaria is passionate about mathematics and applying new technologies to empower small and medium-sized businesses. He has a long-standing personal connection to Barcelona, where bsport has a major office, and spent at least a month per year there from the age of 18 before eventually moving for his career.

An entrepreneur from a young age, he launched his first business at 14, selling custom-burned CDs.

Personality Overview

Not Easily Convinced

Value Seeker

Price-Sensitive

While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.  It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.

Topics They Care About

Wellness Tech
As the CEO of bsport, his primary focus is on providing an all-in-one management and marketing SaaS platform for boutique fitness and wellness studios.
Startup Scalability
He rapidly scaled bsport from 2 to over 200 employees, expanded into 40 countries, and raised €30M, demonstrating a deep focus on high-growth strategies.
Angel Investing
Identifies himself as an active business angel and is a seed investor in companies like EXO and Stairling, showing a commitment to supporting early-stage startups.

Media Appearances

Zakaria Mansour, CEO de bsport : « La chance, c'est vraiment de .... Featured in Spotify

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Bsport Raises €30M, Eyes US Boutique Fitness Software Market. Featured in Athletech News

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Interview with Zakaria Mansour, Co‑Founder of Bsport – Barcelona Navigator. Featured in Barcelona Navigator

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Work History

7-2025
Seed Investor at Stairling
6-2024
Seed Investor at EXO
10-2019
CEO at bsport
6-2018 - 10-2019
Consultant Computer VIsion / IA at NumeriCube
1-2017 - 11-2017
Business Developer - Sales Manager (FR, EN & ES) at Carts Guru

Education

2012 - 2015
Master in Management - ESCP Europe (PARIS from ESCP Business School
2009 - 2012
Classe préparatoire ECS from Lycée Henri IV

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Exp : 10 Location : France Job Level : Leadership Designation : Seed Investor at Stairling
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Insights For Selling To Zakaria

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product
  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question

DONT's

  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.
  • Don’t depend too much on anecdotal evidence, it reduces their confidence
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Zakaria is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Zakaria

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Zakaria move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Zakaria take some risk or not?

  • They can take risk if they are convinced that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


You And Zakaria

Personality Compatibility


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