# Gad Allon > Gad Allon is a seed investor at ForClass (Chicago) backing Fashion and Shopping. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [ForClass](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forclass) - Location: Chicago, United States - Total investments: 2 - Last investment: Nov 2023 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gad-allon-7956123 - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/g_allon Gad Allon is a seed investor at ForClass in Chicago focused on Fashion and Shopping. Gad is a full professor of managerial economics, decision science, and operations management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He teaches several operations courses, as well as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on operations management as part of a faculty project on Udemy. Gad was named the 2014 Alumni Professor ofthe Year and received the Outstanding Professor of the Year Award at Kellogg in 2009; he was recently named one of the world’s top 40 business school professors under the age of 40 by Poets and Quants.Gad earned his PhD in economics from Columbia University, and his MS and BS from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $1.5M–$10M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Fashion | 1 | 50% | | Shopping | 1 | 50% | | Software | 1 | 50% | | Analytics | 1 | 50% | | E-Commerce | 1 | 50% | 9 industries tracked in total. ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ole Shop | Ole is a designer and shops explore the top global brands and local designers from the best shops in town. Try and buy Try different styles, sizes at home, and their courier will wait for 10 min so customers can decide. Free and immediate returns by courier, schedule instant returns in a click and with no additional cost. | $1.5M | Seed | Nov 09, 2023 | | | Loops | Loops is a no-code analytics platform that provides product and data teams with growth opportunities hidden in their data. | $10M | Seed | Nov 15, 2022 | | 2 of 2 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [AI Global Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ai-global-media) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Cardumen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cardumen-capital-sgeic-sa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Light Ray Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/light-ray-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Scale Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scale-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Scopus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scopus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About ForClass VC Fund 1 contacts available at ForClass. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Gad Allon | Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gad-allon | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Forerunner](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forerunner-ventures) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [OurCrowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ourcrowd) — VC Fund - [Entrée Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entree-capital) — VC Fund - [Pitango VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pitango-venture-capital) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Fashion Investors in Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/fashion-investors-israel) - [Fashion Angel Investors in Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/fashion-angel-investors-israel) - [Fashion Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/fashion-investors-middle-east) - [Fashion Angel Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/fashion-angel-investors-middle-east) - [Marketplace Angel Investors in Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/marketplace-angel-investors-israel) - [Consumer Angel Investors in Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/consumer-angel-investors-israel) ## FAQ ### What does Gad Allon invest in? Gad Allon invests primarily in Fashion, Shopping and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Gad Allon's check size? Gad Allon typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$10M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Gad Allon participates in. ### When did Gad Allon last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Gad Allon closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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. 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