What Yggdrasil does

Jäderberg & Cie. is a Hamburg-based single family office and entrepreneurial impact investor founded in 2010 by Peter Jäderberg, a former Deutsche Bank investment banker with more than three decades of investment experience. The firm invests across five nature-based themes — forest, regenerative agriculture, ocean health, drinking water, and food distribution — under an explicit 'Impact First' philosophy oriented to planetary boundaries, with the goal of demonstrating that biodiversity-positive assets can deliver risk-adjusted financial returns.

Its flagship asset is JC Sandalwood, a multi-decade sandalwood plantation project in Australia developed since 2010 as a proof-of-concept for investable biodiversity. Around this anchor, Jäderberg & Cie. has built a small investment platform that sources and stewards direct impact investments, leverages affiliations with the leading global impact-investing networks (BIII, GIIN, TONIIC, GIA), and partners with co-investors including high-net-worth individuals and other family offices. Partner Rainer Weitzel, who joined in 2019, brought dedicated impact-investing expertise that formalized the firm's evolution from a single-project family office into an entrepreneurial impact investor.

The firm monetizes through a hybrid model: returns generated by underlying impact assets (notably JC Sandalwood), supplemented by downstream commercialization of sandalwood-derived products — skincare, haircare, and tea — sold through the firm's own online shop. Its served customer base spans two distinct segments: (1) capital partners — its own family principals alongside invited co-investors and family offices seeking nature-based impact exposure, and (2) end consumers purchasing sandalwood-derived wellness products. As a small, relationship-driven family office with no disclosed AI/technology platform, its competitive differentiation rests on leadership experience, a decade-plus live track record with JC Sandalwood, and positioning inside global impact networks.

Name

Yggdrasil

Legal name

Jäderberg & Cie. GmbH

Website

https://yggdrasil.consulting

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Jäderberg & Cie. is a Hamburg-based single family office and entrepreneurial impact investor that deploys capital into nature-based solutions across forestry, regenerative agriculture, ocean health, drinking water, and food distribution, anchored by its flagship JC Sandalwood plantation in Australia, for high-net-worth individuals and family-office co-investors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Investment Management

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153), Farm Management Services (115116)

SIC

Forestry (800), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG / Carbon & Conservation Program Advisory (AFACAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Agroforestry & Perennial Cropping Systems (EUABABAD), Carbon, Sustainability & Farm Certification Support (Agro-Environmental Advisory) (AFACABAL)

Keywords

• Impact investment management
• Single family office
• Nature-based solutions
• Sustainable forestry investing
• Biodiversity investment

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns: Generates returns through direct investments in nature-based solutions projects, particularly in forestry, regenerative agriculture, ocean health, drinking water, and food distribution. Flagship investment JC Sandalwood exemplifies biodiversity investability.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Yggdrasil operates as an entrepreneurial impact investor and single family office that invests in Nature-based Solutions projects aligned with planetary boundaries. The flagship offering is JC Sandalwood, a sandalwood cultivation and biodiversity investment project in Australia that demonstrates the investability of biodiversity. Supporting offerings include the JC Sandalwood Anlegerservice, an investor portal providing service access for investment participants.

Product overview

Jäderberg & Cie. operates as an entrepreneurial impact investor and single family office offering investment products focused on Nature-based Solutions. The core offering centers on JC Sandalwood, a flagship project demonstrating the investability of biodiversity through sustainable sandalwood cultivation in Australia. The company also provides the JC Sandalwood Anlegerservice, an investor portal for participants to access their investment-related services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JC Sandalwood: Flagship project focused on sandalwood plantation and biodiversity investment, demonstrating the investability of biodiversity.

Products and services

• JC Sandalwood Flagship nature-based investment project focused on sandalwood cultivation in Australia, demonstrating the investability of biodiversity and serving as a blueprint for sustainable impact investing. For impact investors and family offices seeking exposure to biodiversity-linked assets.
• JC Sandalwood Anlegerservice (Investor Service Portal)

Quantifiable outcome

• Improved sandalwood conservation status from 'endangered' to 'vulnerable'
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bundesinitiative Impact Investing e.V. (BIII)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman non-profit association based in Berlin promoting education, science, and research in impact investing. Jäderberg & Cie. serves as coordinators of Chapter Norddeutschland and represents BIII at events, conferences, and talks.
• Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading non-profit organization based in New York supporting investors in identifying and promoting projects with positive social and ecological impacts. Jäderberg & Cie. organizes educational and discussion rounds with GIIN and participates in global events including the GIIN Forum.
• TONIICcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal network of impact investors dedicated to promoting sustainable and responsible investment practices. Peter Jäderberg is listed among the T100 who practice 100% Deep Impact across all asset classes.
• impact investing magazin (iim)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading German-language online magazine specializing in impact investing reporting and analysis. Jäderberg & Cie. is a shareholder and co-founder of this project, actively contributing content.
• Global Impact Alliance (GIA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational organization focused on the intersection of indigenous wisdom and investment decisions. Jäderberg & Cie. promotes projects particularly around Impact Measurement and serves as advisor and Impact Guardian.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• NatureVest (The Nature Conservancy): Impact investing arm of The Nature Conservancy, financing nature-based solutions and conservation enterprises. Comparable in deploying mission-aligned capital into nature projects, though backed by a much larger conservation parent.
• Triodos Investment Management: European sustainable investment manager with impact strategies including food and agriculture and climate. Comparable as a values-driven, European-rooted impact investing platform with nature-and-land themes.

Direct peers

• Equilibrium Capital: Investment firm focused on sustainable real assets including controlled environment agriculture and natural climate solutions. Comparable as a thematic, nature- and sustainability-focused investment platform with long-duration capital.
• Encourage Capital: Impact investment advisory and fund manager specializing in environmental and ocean health financing. Comparable as a mission-driven firm originating blended-finance structures for nature-based and conservation outcomes.
• Mirova Natural Capital: Natural capital investment arm of Mirova managing large-scale nature-based solutions funds (forestry, regenerative agriculture, ecosystem restoration). Directly comparable as a dedicated nature-based investor targeting institutional LPs with measurable biodiversity outcomes.
• New Forests: Australia-based sustainable forestry and land management investment manager. Comparable as a nature-based investment firm with Australian forestry exposure, including plantation and biodiversity assets similar to JC Sandalwood.
• Pollination Group: Global climate and nature advisory and investment firm originating and executing nature-based projects. Comparable as a high-impact, mission-driven firm combining advisory, investment, and project development across forestry and ecosystem restoration.
• responsAbility Investments: Swiss impact asset manager investing across climate, food, and financial inclusion themes. Comparable as a European-headquartered impact investor with thematic natural capital and sustainable agriculture exposure.

Regional players

• ForestFinance: Germany-based asset manager offering sustainable forestry investment funds. Comparable as a DACH-originated nature-based investment firm providing retail and semi-professional investors access to managed forestry assets.
• FS Impact Finance: German impact investment firm and fund manager (formerly GLS Bank's impact subsidiary) focused on sustainable real assets and forest investments. Comparable as a DACH-based impact investor with explicit forestry and land themes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yggdrasil-consulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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