Mick Sawka

Investment Professional and Business Development Executive at Morningside Technology Advisory LLC

📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2021
VC🌍 United States
14
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Mar 2021
Welcome to the era we call Consulting 2.0. It’s consulting built for the modern age – flexible, fast, fit-to-purpose, and a fair value. Catalant was born at Harvard Business School in 2013, with an innovative, revolutionary solution called Consulting 2.0. It’s fit-to-purpose, fast, flexible, and a fair value. It’s a smarter, more modern approach to business leaders’ most pressing challenges. It’s the future of the industry. We curate and connect a global community of experienced professionals with backgrounds in leading consulting firms and as seasoned operators in major corporations. On average, Catalant consultants have more than twenty years of experience and represent a broad range of business competencies, including: · Operations · Digital & AI · Sales & Marketing · Transformation & Value Creation · M&A, Integration & Separation · Strategy & Finance · Organization & People We deploy multi-disciplinary consulting teams calibrated to your business needs with unrivaled agility and unparalleled expertise. Together, we deliver actionable solutions at scale, whenever and however you need them. Catalant is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and serves clients around the world. Visit us at Catalant.com.
Board Member
Sep 2018
Jitjatjo is the leading AI-powered ondemand staffing marketplace that quickly connects businesses with hourly W2 workers for temporary job openings. At Jitjatjo, we harness AI-powered technology to connect businesses with flexible, ondemand talent, redefining how shift-based roles are filled. We are committed to human betterment by continuously creating opportunities for gig workers to realize their potential and for businesses to thrive with agile, efficient staffing solutions. Our platform ensures that every shift is perfectly matched, empowering workers and enhancing operational success for our partners. Jitjatjo is Human Powered and our mission is Human Betterment.
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Jun 2018
Finally, a shingle that stands up to hail, high wind, and UV exposure from a company that stands behind it! If you’re ready to stop replacing your roof after every weather event, we are your best option and smartest choice for a much better roof.
Board Member
Mar 2018
Our goal is to connect benefactors (customers) to farmers of great food. Membership & Delivery are FREE and orders can be changed anytime. Benefactors sign up for subscriptions of milk, eggs, dairy, meats, vegetables, and fruits on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. All food will be the freshest available and locally acquired. Aggregation and delivery is environmentally friendly, it’s a win for you and the environment. We stand behind our product and are excited to offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If it does not exceed your expectations, we would gladly issue a refund! All our products are sourced from local growers or aggregators. We will procure all products locally when possible. If not available due to seasonality, they will still be procured through a local aggregator. Get it fresh, get it local. Our delivery system allows for minimal carbon footprint, much less than customers going to the grocery store themselves. One emissary (driver) can deliver many orders in 1 efficient trip, saving on both emissions and the environment; not to mention saving you time. We’re here to help and make your life better with high quality foods, at great prices, delivered to your door.
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Dec 2017
Desora is building the software for the future of the Kitchen. Spun out of a Harvard classroom by a professor and his students, Desora was originally founded to build the Ultimate BBQ Experience. Today, we are taking our first steps towards ushering in a new vision of technology for the BBQ industry, in partnership with Kamado Joe, the leading brand in product innovation in the BBQ industry. Desora is building the Software for the Future of the Kitchen. We are focused on building and partnering our way towards unlocking new value in cooking.
early stageManufacturing
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Sep 2017
Ground Signal provides all tiers of the Beverage Alcohol industry with AI-powered solutions to build better brands and increase sales in the On-Premise.
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May 2017
Combined Solar Technologies, Inc. is a renewables & environment company based out of 60 Companion Way, Pacific Grove, CA, United States.
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Mar 2017
Viken Detection provides enabling security imaging and material identification solutions that help law enforcement and safety inspection professionals keep the public safe from drug trafficking, terrorism and other hazardous threats. The company’s innovative products, the Osprey-UVX (vehicle scanner), the Nighthawk-HBI (handled imager) and Pb200ie (lead-paint analyzer), are the recognized leaders in their markets. Viken Detection is headquartered just west of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Mar 2017
Clean Membranes is a rising water treatment equipment company that is focused on applying ultrafiltration membrane technology to help address the world-wide problems of water conservation, treatment, and reuse; a company built around people with decades of relevant industry experience; a company that leverages partnerships in technical innovation and manufacturing. We are currently responding to the water treatment challenges of a range of markets, including industrial process water generation, wastewater treatment for reuse, and drinking water production for communities of all sizes. We are also working to address the problem of Legionella in water distribution systems for hospitals, nursing facilities and schools. Our mission is to facilitate water treatment solutions wherever ultrafiltration technology can make a difference.
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2021
Board Member
Mar 2021
Welcome to the era we call Consulting 2.0. It’s consulting built for the modern age – flexible, fast, fit-to-purpose, and a fair value. Catalant was born at Harvard Business School in 2013, with an innovative, revolutionary solution called Consulting 2.0. It’s fit-to-purpose, fast, flexible, and a fair value. It’s a smarter, more modern approach to business leaders’ most pressing challenges. It’s the future of the industry. We curate and connect a global community of experienced professionals with backgrounds in leading consulting firms and as seasoned operators in major corporations. On average, Catalant consultants have more than twenty years of experience and represent a broad range of business competencies, including: · Operations · Digital & AI · Sales & Marketing · Transformation & Value Creation · M&A, Integration & Separation · Strategy & Finance · Organization & People We deploy multi-disciplinary consulting teams calibrated to your business needs with unrivaled agility and unparalleled expertise. Together, we deliver actionable solutions at scale, whenever and however you need them. Catalant is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and serves clients around the world. Visit us at Catalant.com.
2019
OptoGlo
Board Member
Jun 2019
NanoPath
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Feb 2019
NanoPath
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Feb 2019
2018
Board Member
Sep 2018
Jitjatjo is the leading AI-powered ondemand staffing marketplace that quickly connects businesses with hourly W2 workers for temporary job openings. At Jitjatjo, we harness AI-powered technology to connect businesses with flexible, ondemand talent, redefining how shift-based roles are filled. We are committed to human betterment by continuously creating opportunities for gig workers to realize their potential and for businesses to thrive with agile, efficient staffing solutions. Our platform ensures that every shift is perfectly matched, empowering workers and enhancing operational success for our partners. Jitjatjo is Human Powered and our mission is Human Betterment.
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