Venturelab Innovation Centre

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 12 employees earning $100K+

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At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

12

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$2.0M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$164,709

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$126,860

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Venturelab Innovation Centre in 2025?

Hugh Chow, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $493,241 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 12 Venturelab Innovation Centre employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $126,860.

How has Venturelab Innovation Centre's Sunshine List changed?

Venturelab Innovation Centre listed 1 people in 2016 and 12 in 2025 — 12× as many; payroll on the list went from $179K to $2.0M, and the median salary moved from $179,035 to $126,860.

How many Venturelab Innovation Centre employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 10 yearly values of median salary, from $179,035 in 2016 to $126,860 in 2025.$100K$120K$140K$160K$180K201620182020202120232025
Median salary, 2016–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Hugh Chow
$493,241
Chief Executive Officer
#2Sophia Chan-Combrink
$180,059
Chief Administrative Officer
#3Jane Gertner
$179,662
Chief Growth Officer
#4Avinash Persaud
$162,941
Vice President, Hardware Catalyst Initiative and Semiconductor Initiatives
#5M. Sepehr Assadian
$153,835
Vice President, Founder Success
#6Madura Dissanayake
$128,809
Director, Hardware Catalyst Initiative
#7Mahnoor Haq
$126,521
Director of Marketing and Communications
#8Stephanie Bagnarol
$117,785
Director of Partnerships, Sponsorships and Events
#9Derek Te-Kang Ma
$115,488
Director, Partnerships and Business Development
#10Nima Khademmohtaram
$111,103
Head of Medical Tech Initiatives
#11Scott Dodds
$109,022
Direct, External Relations
#12Hugh Carpenter
$108,299
Director, People and Culture

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Madura Dissanayake at Venturelab Innovation Centre had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $117,275 to $128,020, up 9.2%.

Madura Dissanayake+9.2%
Director, Hardware Catalyst Initiative
$117,275 → $128,020
Jane Gertner+4.5%
Chief Growth Officer
$171,400 → $179,186
Avinash Persaud+2.7%
Vice President, Hardware Catalyst Initiative and Semiconductor Initiatives
$157,850 → $162,181

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

6 people were new to Venturelab Innovation Centre's list in 2025; 5 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

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