Harris & Harris Group Announces Distribution of Its Nanotechnology Video to Public Television and Access to Video Interviews With Ten Portfolio Companies on SNN Live

NEW YORK, April 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TINY) announced today that its video highlighting the emergence of nanotechnology in multiple industries will be distributed to Public Television beginning on April 23, 2012. The video discusses the emergence of nanotechnology and focuses on three Harris & Harris Group portfolio companies, Bridgelux, Inc., Kovio, Inc., and Solazyme, Inc.  The video focuses on the products each company is bringing to market. The segment will be distributed to over 200 Public Television affiliates throughout the United States for their use as interstitial programming at their discretion for one year. Harris & Harris Group retains full rights to use the video, and we have made it available on our website for viewing at http://www.hhvc.com/about.

Additionally, video interviews with the ten presenting CEOs and CFOs as well as interviews with three of the Managing Directors of Harris & Harris Group are now available at http://stocknewsnow.com/. These interviews were recorded by SNN Live at our March 13, 2012, Meet the Portfolio Day event at the Nasdaq MarketSite. SNN is a micro-capitalization stock news source. We have made these video interviews available on our website at http://www.hhvc.com/portfolio under the respective portfolio company pages that can be accessed by highlighting and clicking on the link to see a detailed description of each company. Video interviews from the event can be accessed for Kovio, Inc., Solazyme, Inc., Bridgelux, Inc., NeoPhotonics Corporation, Metabolon, Inc., Champions Oncology, Inc., D-Wave Systems, Inc., Laser Light Engines, Inc., Contour Energy Systems, Inc., and HzO, Inc. The three interviews with the Managing Directors of Harris & Harris Group can be accessed at http://www.hhvc.com/team, on the detailed biography page for each respective Managing Director. A video interview with Doug Jamison about the event can be viewed at http://www.hhvc.com/news/press-center.

Harris & Harris Group is an early-stage, active investor in transformative nanotechnology companies. Detailed information about Harris & Harris Group and its holdings can be found on its website at www.HHVC.com.

This press release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions. These statements reflect the Company's current beliefs, and a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in this press release. Please see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as well as subsequent filings, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more detailed discussion of the risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business, including but not limited to the risks and uncertainties associated with venture capital investing and other significant factors that could affect the Company's actual results. Except as otherwise required by Federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events or uncertainties. The references to the websites www.HHVC.com and http://stocknewsnow.com have been provided as a convenience, and the information contained on such websites is not incorporated by reference into this press release. 

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Released April 2, 2012