# Steve Arless

> Steve Arless is a seed investor at Centech backing Women's and Health Care. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Centech
- Location: Baie-d'urfe, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-arless-b5666813/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/stevearless?lang=en
- Website: https://x.com/stevearless?lang=en

Steve Arless is a seed investor at Centech in Baie-d'urfe focused on Women's and Health Care. He joined McGill in fall of 2016 as Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Medicine as part of the Department of Surgery’s cutting-edge Surgical Innovation Program. More recently, he joined one of Canada’s fastest growing medical technology accelerators, Centech, as Entrepreneur-in-Residence.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Women's | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Personal Health | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eli | Eli empowers women to understand their body and the transitions it goes through every day, and across life. We develop a device that uses saliva to capture hormone fluctuations at home, and an app that gives women the information they want to own their health decisions. | $1.5M | Seed | Dec 07, 2020 |  |
| Eli | Eli empowers women to understand their body and the transitions it goes through every day, and across life. We develop a device that uses saliva to capture hormone fluctuations at home, and an app that gives women the information they want to own their health decisions. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 07, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [2048 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2048-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MEDTEQ+](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/medteq) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Panache Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/panache-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ramen Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ramen-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Real Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Centech

VC Fund · Montréal, Canada

Centech assists tech startups with high growth potential to scale their company.Centech is a non-profit organization open to everyone and offers two support programs for startups: the Acceleration program (12 weeks), then the strongest potentials are selected to get into the Propulsion program (24 months).Since 2018, Centech has its own openinnovation lab, Collision Lab, where large corporations are supported to integrate technology projects thanks to the agility of startups and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.Centech performs particularly well in the fields of medical technology, manufacturing, telecoms and microelectronics and other intelligent objects.

5 contacts available at Centech.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Carl Malartre | Entrepreneur In Residence, Coaching Startup Founders | — |
| Dan Rousseau | Entrepreneur - Programme Propulsion | — |
| Jacob Sytner | Entrepreneur in Propulsion | — |
| Julien Roy | Entrepreneur In Propulsion | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julien-roy-b166 |
| Marc Saab | Guest Lecturer | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Steve Arless invest in?

Steve Arless invests primarily in Women's, Health Care and Personal Health startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Steve Arless?

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### When did Steve Arless last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve Arless closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 2 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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