# Mick Sawka

> Mick Sawka is a seed investor at Morningside (Boston) backing Software and Financial Services. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Morningside](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningside-technology-ventures)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 89%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mick-sawka-b82964/

Mick Sawka is a seed investor at Morningside in Boston focused on Software and Financial Services. Mick Sawka - Investment Manager @ Morningside

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 17% |
| AgTech | 2 | 11% |
| Farming | 2 | 11% |
| FinTech | 2 | 11% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 22% |
| Series A | 3 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 11% |
| Series E | 1 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 56% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CairnSurgical | CairnSurgical is developing innovative patient-specific tools to guide surgical interventions for patients with cancer. | $4.5M | Series A | Aug 21, 2024 |  |
| Kappa Pay | Kappa offers the fastest, most affordable and reliable way for African businesses to pay their suppliers across the globe. | $5M | Seed | Apr 08, 2024 |  |
| Jitjatjo | Jitjatjo solves Talent Acquisition and Human Capital resourcing challenges for businesses initially focused on the Leisure & Hospitality and Retail industries. We offer on-demand staffing through Ondemand, our contingent labor marketplace, and empower enterprise clients to transform their labor models through Network, our SaaS platform.Vision: Transform the way people work to maximize productivity and empower lifestyle choices.Mission: Human Betterment—the continued creation of opportunity for the world’s next-generation workforce. | $30M | Series B | Dec 12, 2023 |  |
| Wiseconn | WiseConn is aware of the reality of declining resources and they are developing a technology to measure and control water and other fluids in such diverse areas such as agriculture, mining, and hydrology. The WiseConn platform consists of a wireless hardware installed in the field in software that is accessible through the internet, allowing usersto view their process and make informed decisions. |  | Series B | Dec 09, 2022 |  |
| Almond Finance | Based in Boston and Singapore, Almond Finance is a blockchain-based funds transfer infrastructure, connecting hundreds of financial institutions globally. We provide the technology and network to enable millions of users worldwide to send money across borders using their existing financial institutions. Our platform is an innovative transfernetwork built for speed, security and accessibility. Almond offers a suite of APIs that enable peer-to-peer transfers, digital currency-based international settlements and a white-labeled, web or mobile user interface. | $2M | Seed | Dec 27, 2021 |  |
| Almond FinTech | Almond FinTech provides fast and cost-effective foreign exchange transactions leveraging stablecoins and blockchain technology. Our global money movement platform optimizes fiat-to-fiat transfers across all existing blockchain networks, delivering near real-time settlements with better-than-market FX rates. As a B2B company, Almond serves globalorganizations seeking efficient cross-border payment solutions and foreign exchange services. | $2M | Seed | Dec 27, 2021 |  |
| EasyExpunctions | EasyExpunctions.com provides the most cost-effective and comprehensive Expunction solution for individuals interested in erasing all traces of their criminal record without an attorney. Their patent-pending process is not only unique amongst other legal software providers, they are the only online legal software dedicated to generating legaldocuments focused on individual reputation management. | $6.3M | Series A | Nov 10, 2021 |  |
| Homee | Homee is a technology platform for connecting insurers, policyholders, and service providers in the claims process. They facilitate scheduled and emergency mitigations and repairs. They create tools for insurance to connect policyholders and service providers in the claims process. Their network of registered restoration contractors, plumbers, andelectricians specializes in claim and repair services. | $17M | Series B | Sep 30, 2021 |  |
| Homee | Homee is a technology platform for connecting insurers, policyholders, and service providers in the claims process. They facilitate scheduled and emergency mitigations and repairs. They create tools for insurance to connect policyholders and service providers in the claims process. Their network of registered restoration contractors, plumbers, andelectricians specializes in claim and repair services. | $17M | Series B | Sep 30, 2021 |  |
| Semios | Semios specializes in providing crop management solutions for the agricultural industry. It offers a proprietary system of in-crop wireless networks coupled with remote sensors, pest monitoring, and variable rate biological pest control. This information is provided to the grower in an interface that allows the grower to reduce agricultural inputsand increase the quality of the crop produced.The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. | $100M | Private Equity | Sep 29, 2021 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Activate Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/activate-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Desjardins Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desjardins-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Forté Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forte-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hartford Investment Management Co. (HIMCO)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hartford-investment-management-co-himco) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liberty-mutual-strategic-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Morningside](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningside-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Morningside

VC Fund · Shanghai, China

Morningside makes venture capital investments in companies with novel science and technology. We are characterized by a long-term outlook in company-building and an unwavering commitment to acting ethically.Based in the greater Boston area, our team of entrepreneurial investment professionals has deep experience in life sciences, digital health,AI, materials and technology.Founded in 1986 as a family office for the Chan family, charitable commitments to education, research and healthcare include the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the UMass Chan Medical School, and the MIT Morningside Academy for Design.

5 contacts available at Morningside.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony Aiudi | Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-aiudi |
| Mick Sawka | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mick-sawka |
| Gerald Chan | Co-Founder, Investment Director & Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qin-liu-f6a9 |
| Justin Burns | Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-burns-de33 |
| Michael Xue | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-xue-bf20 |

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## FAQ

### What does Mick Sawka invest in?

Mick Sawka invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and AgTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mick Sawka last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mick Sawka closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 18 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?

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