About
Claas started his career at AEG and Electrolux Group, holds a dual degree in international management and finance, from the Intermas and Cal. State University and completed a trainee program at the American Heritage Mgmt. Corp. in New York. After returning to Germany Claas was Co-Founder of New Commercial Room Beteiligungsgesellschaft in Hamburg, where he set-up and managed an early stage portfolio of high tech companies, in the area of Medical Devices (Celon AG), Media (moreTV), IT and Clean Tech (SciEngines). Claas also privately invested in companies like buch.de, Realtime Technology AG, and was responsible for several US Investments, incl. Blue Roads and Supperclub. He helped to establish a heathy cooperation with the Halo Funds and the Angels Forum in the Silicon Valley for German Angel Investors and is Mentor to various German Start-Ups and to Crowd Angel Ventures, an Idea Stage Accelerator program, where he also holds a position at the Investment Board. Furthermore he ho
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 2 investors at New Commercial Room are tracked.
- • 100 investors hold the Co-Founder and Managing Director role in VCSift. Claas Nieraad is one of them.
- • 368 investors are based in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Stages
- seed
- Location
- Hamburg, Germany
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