Harris & Harris Group Inc.

PRESS RELEASE

HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.	NOVEMBER 1, 2002
ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10020
NASDAQ/NMS SYMBOL: TINY
CONTACT: CHARLES E. HARRIS
TEL. NO. (212) 332-3606

HARRIS & HARRIS IN DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO LIQUIDATE INTEREST IN PHZ CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement, effective December 31, 2002, to liquidate its 20 percent interest in privately owned PHZ Capital Partners, L.P. Until then, the value of Harris & Harris Group's interest will vary with PHZ's profitability. Thus, the amount of cash and the tax effects that the liquidation of Harris & Harris Group's interest will generate will be determined upon closing of PHZ's books for the year 2002 and completion of Harris & Harris Group's annual audit for the year 2002. The timing of the complete payout to Harris & Harris Group is governed by the definitive agreement and will depend under certain circumstances on PHZ's profitability through December 31, 2002.

On October 15, 2002, Harris & Harris Group had announced an agreement in principle to liquidate its interest in PHZ. In 1995, Harris & Harris Group invested $720,000 as the seed venture capital investor in PHZ. Since then, prior to this agreement, PHZ has paid out to Harris & Harris Group a total of $2,045,680 in partnership cash distributions.

PHZ organizes and manages investment partnerships utilizing its proprietary algorithms. PHZ's assets under management and PHZ's capital have reached all-time highs, and the liquidation of Harris & Harris Group's interest is expected to have no effect on PHZ's operations.

Harris & Harris Group is a publicly traded venture capital company. The Company now makes initial investments exclusively in tiny-technology enabled companies, and its last eight private equity investments have been in such companies.

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. is regulated as a Business Development Company and has 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. Statements contained in this press release that are forward looking statements are intended to be made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions for the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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.