Harris & Harris Group Inc.

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.	JULY 10, 2003
ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10020
NASDAQ/NMS SYMBOL: TINY
CONTACT: MEL P. MELSHEIMER
TEL. NO. (212) 332-3614

ENPLAS ANNOUNCES LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH NANOOPTO

Enplas Corporation (http://www.enplas.co.jp/english/index.htm) announced today that it has entered into a manufacturing and licensing agreement with NanoOpto Corporation covering the development and manufacture of nano-optic devices for a broad range of market applications using NanoOpto's recent inventions in nano-fabrication and design. Enplas Corporation is a leading Japanese manufacturer of high-precision and high-performance plastic parts and products in a wide range of high-tech fields.

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. owns a 1.45 percent interest in privately held NanoOpto. NanoOpto is applying proprietary nano-fabrication technology to the capital design and high-volume manufacture of nano-optic devices for optical systems and networks.

Harris & Harris Group is a publicly traded venture capital company that now makes initial investments exclusively in tiny-technology enabled companies. Its last 11 private equity investments have been in such companies, including one which has not yet been announced.

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. is a Business Development Company with 11,498,845 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 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 and recent Prospectus 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.