Harris & Harris Group Continues Its Blog Series to Highlight Most Impactful Portfolio Companies With Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.

NEW YORK, July 9, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TINY), an investor in transformative companies enabled by disruptive science, released its blog post on Produced Water Absorbents, Inc., and why it is on the cutting edge of the renaissance in oil and gas technologies.

This is the seventh in our series of detailed postings that will provide current and future investors an opportunity to take a deeper look into the potentially most impactful companies in our portfolio. The blog on Produced Water Absorbents can be viewed at http://www.hhvc.com/blog/hh-cutting-edge-prosep-pwa-cutting-edge-american-oil-gas-renaissance/.

The first blog in this series focused on D-Wave Systems, Inc. (http://www.hhvc.com/blog/hh-on-the-cutting-edge-the-rise-of-quantum-computing/). The second blog in this series focused on Metabolon, Inc. (http://www.hhvc.com/blog/hh-on-the-cutting-edge-the-rise-of-metabolomics/). The third blog in this series focused on Champions Oncology, Inc. (http://www.hhvc.com/blog/hh-on-the-cutting-edge-the-rise-of-personalized-medicine/). The fourth blog in this series focused on Adesto Technologies Corporation (http://www.hhvc.com/blog/hh-on-the-cutting-edge-next-generation-memory-devices/). The fifth blog in this series focused on Nanosys, Inc. (http://www.hhvc.com/blog/hh-cutting-edge-nanosys-leading-revolution-display/). The sixth blog in this series focused on HZO, Inc. http://www.hhvc.com/blog/hh-on-the-cutting-edge-the-rise-of-waterproof-electronics/.

This series of blogs is an opportunity to provide a practical view of the companies and the technologies that we believe are important to the future of Harris & Harris Group. We have now released blogs on D-Wave Systems, Inc., Metabolon, Inc., Champions Oncology, Inc., Adesto Technologies Corporation, Nanosys, Inc., HZO, Inc., and Produced Water Absorbents, Inc. We may expand this series to include other companies in our portfolio as these companies mature and based on feedback from shareholders.

Detailed information about Harris & Harris Group and its holdings can be found on its website at www.HHVC.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/harrisharrisvc and by following us on Twitter @harrisandharrisgroup.

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