# Sara Holoubek

> Sara Holoubek is a startup investor at Luminary Labs (New York). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Luminary Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luminary-labs)
- Location: New York, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/saraholoubek
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sarita
- Website: http://www.luminary-labs.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/saraholoubek

Sara Holoubek is a startup investor at Luminary Labs in New York. Sara Holoubek is the CEO and founder of Luminary Labs, a consultancy focused on operationalizing innovation. Her firm develops strategies and innovation systems for Fortune 500 and government leaders seeking to transform their organizations and industries. Holoubek is also an active adviser and investor. She currently serves on the PioneerAdvisory Group for the Robert Wood Johnson Pioneer Fund, and founded Luminary Labs Ventures, which invests in early stage companies.She currently chairs the New York Board of Directors of the Step Up Women’s Network. In 2011, she was the recipient of the Pepsico WIN award for her contributions to the tech community. Holoubek has been widely quoted in publications such as Fast Company, The Washington Post and WSJ.com. She has been recognized as a female founder to watch in Mashable, and her company has been profiled in business books, The Big Enough Company and Stiletto Network. She also serves as a frequent guest lecturer on the subjects of technology and innovation.Prior to founding Luminary Labs, Holoubek served as the Chief Strategy Officer of iCrossing and President of SEMPO, the global trade organization for the search marketing industry. Holoubek brings an international perspective to her work, having lived and worked in Latin America and Europe; she is fluent in Spanish and French, and conversant in Portuguese. She holds a B.A. from the University of Iowa and an M.B.A. from HEC in France. She resides in New York City with her husband, bass-baritone Claudio Mascarenhas.

## About Luminary Labs

VC Fund · New York, United States

Luminary Labs works closely with global corporations, the public sector, and nonprofit foundations to address the problems that matter, including chronic disease, the future of work, closing the skills gap, digital transformation, labor trafficking, the advancement of science, and moonshot investment thesis formation.

1 contacts available at Luminary Labs.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sara Holoubek | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sara-holouebk |

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