Exhibit 21

Subsidiaries of the Company



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|Name                                                                   |  | State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation
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|75 Sylvan NS Two Holding LLC                                           |  | Delaware                                    
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|Alameda NS Four Holding LLC                                            |  | Delaware                                    
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|Baseline NS Five Holding LLC                                           |  | Delaware                                    
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|Boulders NS First Holding LLC                                          |  | Delaware                                    
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|Core Business Credit LLC                                               |  | Delaware                                    
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|Core Business Funding LLC                                              |  | Delaware                                    
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|Core Business Lending LLC                                              |  | Delaware                                    
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|Hereford Funding, LLC                                                  |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar ArcTurus CLO I Ltd.                                            |  | Cayman Islands                              
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|NewStar Asset Management LLC                                           |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar Commercial Loan Trust 2006-1                                   |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar Commercial Loan Trust 2007-1                                   |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar Concentration LLC                                              |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar CP Funding, Inc.                                               |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar CP Funding, LLC                                                |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar DB Term Funding LLC                                            |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar Equipment Finance I, LLC                                       |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar Financial California, LLC                                      |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar Loan Funding, LLC                                              |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar Securities Corporation, Inc (f/k/a NewStar Repo Funding, Inc.) |  | Massachusetts                               
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|NewStar Short-Term Funding, LLC                                        |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar Structured Finance Opportunities, LLC                          |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar Trust 2005-1                                                   |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar Warehouse Funding 2005, LLC                                    |  | Delaware                                    
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|NS Sticky Fingers I LLC                                                |  | Delaware                                    
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|NewStar Commercial Loan Trust 2009-1                                   |  | Delaware