About Us

NewStar Financial, Inc. was formed in June 2004 by a group of senior banking and capital markets executives from leading financial institutions, including FleetBoston Financial, Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase, as well as leading institutional investors. We were initially capitalized with $210 million of committed equity capital from Capital Z Partners, JP Morgan Corsair II, Och-Ziff Capital Management, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Shawmut Capital Partners.

In December of 2006, NewStar completed an Initial Public Offering of 13,800,000 shares priced at $17.00 per share. The Company's shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol, NEWS.

In addition to equity capital described above, NewStar has access to substantial debt financing through existing facilities with Citigroup, IXIS Capital Markets, and Wachovia Capital Markets.

We are a Delaware corporation. Our principal executive office is located at 500 Boylston Street, Suite 1250, Boston, Massachusetts, 02116, and our telephone number is (617) 848-2500.

NewStar is focused exclusively on providing customized financing solutions to mid-sized borrowers through three dedicated lending groups:

Middle Market Corporate
Commercial Real Estate
Asset-Based Lending