Harris & Harris Group Inc.

PRESS RELEASE

HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.	MARCH 9, 2006
111 WEST 57TH STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
NASDAQ/NMS SYMBOL: TINY
CONTACT: DOUGLAS W. JAMISON
TEL. NO. (212) 582-0900

HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP INVESTS $2,800,000 IN EVOLVED NANOMATERIAL SCIENCES, INC.

Harris & Harris Group, Inc., announced today that it led a $3,300,000 Series A round of financing of privately held Evolved Nanomaterial Sciences, Inc. (ENS) of Cambridge, MA. Harris & Harris Group invested $2,800,000 in this round of financing.

ENS has developed a number of nanotechnology-enhanced approaches for the resolution of chiral molecules. ENS is using its proprietary ESPTM technology to manufacture high-capacity, high-generality HPLC columns that simplify chiral method development and chiral chromatography and purification. The A round funding will be used to fill out its manufacturing and product development capabilities and to support the launch of its first line of commercially available products.

Harris & Harris Group is a publicly traded venture capital company that now makes initial investments exclusively in tiny technology, including nanotechnology, microsystems and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The Company's last 27 initial private equity investments have been in tiny technology-enabled companies. The Company has 20,756,345 common shares outstanding.

Detailed information about Harris & Harris Group, Inc. and its holdings can be found on its website at http://www.TinyTechVC.com.

This news 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 news release. Please see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K 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, Harris & Harris Group, Inc., undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events or uncertainties. The reference to the website www.TinyTechVC.com has been provided as a convenience, and the information contained on such website is not incorporated by reference into this news release.