On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2025. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Jayiesh ↗
In their words
people chase venture capital as a validation but that's not the goal. The goal is to provide value and sell
automation in healthcare is not optional whatsoever because our system is crumbling and more needs to be done and we need innovation to bridge that gap
money comes with strings attached, expectations. And the fact is if you knew exactly what needed to be done, others would have figured it out.
Around the web ×2
Quick answers
Who is Jayiesh Singh?
Co-founder and CEO of Able Innovations, the Toronto company behind the ALTA Platform — a robotic device that moves non-ambulatory patients between beds and stretchers without anyone lifting them. He is a University of Toronto mechanical engineer and spent eight years at Morgan Solar before starting the company.
Why did he start Able Innovations?
His mother works in long-term care and was injured repeatedly moving residents. He told the TechTO stage in August 2025 that he kept asking who was solving it and never got an answer: 'It's low tech. It's unsexy, but there must be a solution.'
Is Able Innovations venture-backed?
No. Singh said on stage that investors could not price a market whose incumbent product is a bedsheet, so he bootstrapped instead: 'people chase venture capital as a validation, but that's not the goal. The goal is to provide value and sell.' (TechTO, August 2025)