# Jarl Mohn

> Jarl Mohn is a seed investor at NPR (Washington) backing Software, SaaS and Mobile. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [NPR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/npr)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jarl-mohn/0/76a/547

Jarl Mohn is a seed investor at NPR in Washington focused on Software and SaaS. Jarl Mohn is based out of Washington,District of Columbia and is the President Emeritus of NPR. Jarl worked at E! Entertainment Television as a President/CEO. Jarl Mohn attended the Temple University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $655k–$2.2M |
| Series A | $800k–$7M |
| Series B | $6M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 22% |
| SaaS | 3 | 13% |
| Mobile | 3 | 13% |
| Internet | 3 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 13% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 39% |
| Series B | 4 | 17% |
| Series A | 3 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 13% |
| Series C | 2 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 65% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Abstract | Abstract provides an AI-driven policy intelligence platform that analyzes legislative, regulatory, and media data to help organizations identify risks and opportunities. The platform uses large language models and retrieval-augmented generation to process complex information and present it in a structured format. Abstract enables businesses tomonitor regulatory developments, assess potential impacts, and integrate insights into decision-making workflows. | $2.5M |  | Aug 04, 2022 |  |
| Abstract | Abstract provides an AI-driven policy intelligence platform that analyzes legislative, regulatory, and media data to help organizations identify risks and opportunities. The platform uses large language models and retrieval-augmented generation to process complex information and present it in a structured format. Abstract enables businesses tomonitor regulatory developments, assess potential impacts, and integrate insights into decision-making workflows. | $372.5K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Dack | DACK is the smartest and most complete software solution for optimizing guest experience. | $2.2M | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Lantern | Lantern is a public benefit corporation that provides a single source of guidance for navigating life before and after a death. It offers free, custom roadmaps to make sure you or a loved one have everything in order. Whether you're pre-planning or have recently lost someone, Lantern has all of the tools, resources, and services you need toconfidently manage the process while coping with the loss of a loved one. | $1.4M | Seed | Dec 16, 2020 |  |
| Pragma Platform | Pragma is a “backend game engine” that enables multiplayer and social games. Pragma provides developers full extensibility, visibility and scalability. Our platform is made up of 5 interconnected applications: accounts & social, payments, player data, telemetry, and game loop. Pragma is built by engineering leaders that built platforms for someof the largest live service games like League of Legends, Valorant, Plants vs Zombies 2, and Eve Online. | $4.2M | Seed | Mar 12, 2020 |  |
| Battlefy | Battefy is the most comprehensive eSports management platform available today. Built for organizers, by organizers. They built Battlefy to help you organize eSports with ease. Whether you are a college club, a national eSports organization, or a brand supporting gamers, creating and managing a tournament or league has never been easier and moreprofessional. | $1.3M | Seed | Jan 14, 2014 |  |
| Playdek | Playdek is a mobile portal, developer and platform for tabletop gaming (board games, collectible card games and miniatures games).Playdek is powered by the Mber network, which is the foundation of the central portal, and provides the support for a broader online gaming community. Mber integrates into each game, and allows for players tojoin online games, play games asynchronously (play by mail), match and share data with their friends, and join online tournaments. | $3.8M | Series A | Mar 28, 2013 |  |
| Playdek | Playdek is a mobile portal, developer and platform for tabletop gaming (board games, collectible card games and miniatures games).Playdek is powered by the Mber network, which is the foundation of the central portal, and provides the support for a broader online gaming community. Mber integrates into each game, and allows for players tojoin online games, play games asynchronously (play by mail), match and share data with their friends, and join online tournaments. | $1.3M | Seed | Aug 07, 2012 |  |
| TidePool | Tidepool helps you understand how your personality, thinking and mood influence your daily performance. Using state-of-the-art scientific techniques and patented technology, our games give you deep insight into what makes your personality unique. It takes only a few minutes and you can check Tidepool daily using fun, interactive games. You can evensoon link Tidepool to your “quantified self” devices like Fitbit. | $1.5M | Seed | May 04, 2012 |  |
| Fight My Monster | Fight My Monster is the fastest growing online game for 8-12 boys in the UK. With over 1.3M players across the UK and North America, the company is quickly becoming the online destination for schoolboys everywhere. Described by some as "Pixar meets Pokemon", it has exploded in schoolyards with the average player spending almost 40mins persession. The game is a free-to-play trading card game which can be accessed from any browser at www.fightmymonster.com. We recommend that adults be accompanied by a child.The company has offices in San Francisco and London. | $2.1M | Seed | Mar 01, 2012 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Amplify.LA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-la) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Deep Fork Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deep-fork-capital-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Baseline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baseline-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cue Ball](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cue-ball) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About NPR

VC Fund · Washington, United States

NPR is a multimedia news organization and radio program producer that delivers national and international news broadcasts. It distributes non-commercial news, talk, and entertainment programs.The mission of NPR is to work in partnership with member stations to create a more informed public, which is challenged and invigorated by a deeperunderstanding and appreciation of events, ideas, and cultures.NPR was founded in 1971 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.

5 contacts available at NPR.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fabiola Arredondo | Public Member of the Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fabiola-arredondo |
| Guy Raz | Founder and editorial director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guy-raz-d792 |
| Asma Khalid | Correspondent, NPR Politics | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asma-khalid |
| Bobby Allyn | Technology Correspondent | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bobby-allyn-6f21 |
| Bryan Moffett | SVP, Network Growth | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-moffett |

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## FAQ

### What does Jarl Mohn invest in?

Jarl Mohn invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jarl Mohn's check size?

Jarl Mohn typically joins rounds of $655k–$2.2M at Seed, $800k–$7M at Series A and $6M–$12M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jarl Mohn participates in.

### When did Jarl Mohn last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jarl Mohn closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 23 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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