# Kerim Baran

> Kerim Baran is a seed investor at SolarAcademy (San Francisco Bay Area) backing Email and Solar. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SolarAcademy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/solaracademy)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kbaran
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/kbaran
- Website: https://x.com/kbaran
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kerim

Kerim Baran is a seed investor at SolarAcademy in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Email and Solar. Kerim Baran is the Founder of SolarAcademy. He attended Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Email | 1 | 33% |
| Solar | 1 | 33% |
| Drones | 1 | 33% |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 33% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 1 | 33% |
| Turkey | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hummingdrone | Hummingdrone provides cutting-edge autonomous drones and software solutions designed specifically for the solar energy industry. | $177.7K | Pre-Seed | Jun 26, 2024 |  |
| CivicSolar | CivicSolar is an innovative solar distributor partnering with installers and developers throughout North America. Its distribution model allows it to negotiate costs directly with global manufacturers on behalf of its customers and pass along the savings. CivicSolar offers a full selection of modules and balance-of-systems from theindustry's leading manufacturers. All of its solar equipment is pre-qualified based on performance history and long-term reliability. CivicSolar provides the engineering experience, installation know-how and web tools to help its installer customers find the right equipment for every job. Its dedicated customer support team is focused on helping its customers win more projects and build successful businesses. | $455K | Seed | Jan 01, 2010 |  |
| WiseStamp | WiseStamp is the marketing solution platform of choice for Micro Businesses and self employed professionals. They help their clients grow their businesses using simple to use yet highly effective products. WiseStamp’s popular signature solution helps over 700,000 businesses and professionals to promote their businesses daily, become morevisible and demonstrate their professionalism. With dozens of thousands of paying users, WiseStamp is profitable and growing fast.WiseIntro, is a WebPage creator conceived and created from the feedback and interactions with their users. The solution enables professionals to establish their online presence and was built with self employed professionals in mind.While still in a 3 month beta, WiseIntro had over 1,000 paying customers and a double digit conversion and publish rate. WiseStamp corporate is built for larger companies and allows central management of the company’s emails and the ability to push company’s content in employees’ signatures.A set of additional products aimed at micro-business is to be launched in the following quarters to further enhance users’ ability to rapidly grow their business. WiseStamp is a Premier Google Partner, winner of Mashable’s Web Awards and was featured in all leading tech blog. WiseStamp in numbers:» +700,000 active business users » dozens of thousands of paying customers» + 1,000,000,000,000 emails sent using WiseStamp» + 40 Apps » Users from 194 countriesMore: ☛ www.wisestamp.com/about |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2010 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AI Startup Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artificial-intelligence-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ertunç Özcan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ertun%C3%A7-%C3%B6zcan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [İşbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isbank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ITUARI Teknokent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ituari-teknokent) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Korun Teknoloji](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korun-teknoloji) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SolarAcademy

VC Fund



1 contacts available at SolarAcademy.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kerim Baran | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kerim-baran |

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## FAQ

### What does Kerim Baran invest in?

Kerim Baran invests primarily in Email, Solar and Drones startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kerim Baran last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kerim Baran closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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