180 Degree Capital Corp. (TURN)

[this2shallpass]

yes i agree,holding the shares is a major positive.

[Kinny]

Good time to Accumulate TINY

With SZYM approaching almost double what it was at it's lows earlier this year, it's time for TINY to do some catching up seeing it makes up a sizable part of their portfolio.

[SuperSquirrel]

Harris & Harris Group Notes Bridgelux and Toshiba Collaboration

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=57288770

[SuperSquirrel]

Harris & Harris Group Reports Financial Statements as of December 31, 2012

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=56760547

[mlkrborn]

Harris And Harris Group: An Undervalued Technology Stock
April 5, 2012 | 5 comments | about: TINY, includes: NPTN, SZYM

Harris and Harris Group, Inc. (TINY) is an early-stage, active investor in nanotechnology companies. The company offers investors a way to participate in a diversified portfolio of early stage nanotechnology investments. While nanotechnology has lost some of its appeal with investors because of a lack of pure nanotechnology success stories, it is still a pervasive technology that is changing processes in most industries. Nanotechnology is a truly multi-disciplinary approach to building products by manipulating molecules at the atomic level enabling the creation of smaller, more efficient materials and devices, with previously unachievable performance properties and characteristics. This process has helped create product enhancements like encapsulations that allow for slow release biotechnology drugs, materials that convert sunlight into electricity to power personal electronics and computer memories with unprecedented densities allowing the perpetuation of Moore's law.

The Stock is Cheap

From the company's fourth quarter 2011 report:

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. , reported today that, as of December 31, 2011, its net asset value and net asset value per share were $145,698,407 and $4.70, respectively.

That is interesting because today the stock traded at $4.17 or 13% below its NAV. Now, it is possible for stocks to trade below NAV for long periods of time and it is also possible for a company's NAV to decrease. TINY currently trades below NAV but, its NAV may be set to increase. After all the company candidly acknowledged its disappointment with its performance in the third quarter and committed to refining its focus to investing larger amounts in fewer companies and things have improved since.

We are dissatisfied that as of September 30, 2011, our net asset value per share ("NAV") decreased to $4.38 from $5.43 on June 30, 2011; and

First, it is critical we focus our time and resources on venture capital investments that can provide the greatest growth in value for Harris & Harris Group. Over the past two years, we have discussed with shareholders our need to focus our resources on owning a greater percentage of fewer companies. This is important because when our portfolio companies successfully complete IPOs or one of these companies is sold, we will receive a greater percentage of the proceeds.

Liquidity Events May Drive NAV Growth

I really became more interested in TINY again recently when I read the company's latest letter to shareholders. Funny because it was an earlier letter to shareholder's that turned me off the company. Let me just say that I think it is very upstanding that the company bother to issue Letters to Shareholders on a consistent basis. It actually makes me believe that management wants to keep investors informed about developments at the company and that management is actively pursuing improved performance.

From the most recent Letter to Shareholders:

Between 2012 and 2014, we currently believe the remainder of the late stage companies that are not already public could reach a liquidity event through an IPO or a sale. During the same time period, we currently believe that more than 75 percent of our mid-stage companies could be in a position to complete transactions that create liquidity for our investments in those companies. On page 45 of our MD&A, we state, "In the first quarter of 2012, one of our portfolio companies received a non-binding letter of interest for the potential acquisition of the company."

In the following paragraph, we also state,

"Also in the first quarter of 2012, three of our portfolio companies have commenced planning for and/or began the process of hiring bankers to pursue potential sales and/or IPOs of those companies."

History Suggests Successful IPOs of Portfolio Investments

Tiny's CEO can see the potential that several of its current portfolio companies will successfully IPO or be acquired in the coming years driving liquidity events for TINY. The company had five such events in 2011 significantly improving its balance sheet and paving the way for more of the same, as management suggests, over the next two years.

We had five liquidity events in 2011. On February 2, 2011, NeoPhotonics Corporation (NPTN) completed its initial public offering (IPO). On March 4, 2011, BioVex Group, Inc., was acquired by Amgen, Inc. for $425 million in an upfront payment and $575 million in potential milestone payments, for a total sale price potential of $1 billion. On May 27, 2011, Solazyme, Inc., (SZYM) completed its IPO. On July 21, 2011 Innovalight, Inc., was purchased by DuPont for an undisclosed amount. On December 28, 2011, Crystal IS, Inc., was acquired by Asahi Kasei Group for an undisclosed amount.

The Balance Sheet Allows Greater Flexibility

Previously described liquidity events have added cash and marketable securities to the balance sheet allowing management to pursue future high quality investments. When future liquidity events like IPO's or acquisitions occur, and management considers options for cash on hand a shareholder distribution becomes a possibility. The company already holds more than $2/share of cash and stock of publicly traded companies. This is another potential catalyst for the company's inexpensive shares going forward. From most recent letter to shareholders:

Primary and secondary liquidity increased to $65,368,303 as of December 31, 2011 from $42,079,934 as of December 31, 2010. Primary liquidity is comprised of cash and certain receivables totalling $33,910,442 as of December 31, 2011. Secondary liquidity is comprised of the stock of publicly traded companies. As of December 31, 2011, secondary liquidity was $31,457,861.

Conclusions

While nanotechnology is misunderstood, there is no mistaking Harris & Harris' ability to identify early stage investments that are likely to eventually IPO. At today's price investors can buy shares at a 13% discount to an NAV that is likely to continue to appreciate as the liquidity events the company describes come to fruition. I believe TINY represents a strong risk reward profile at current prices and will likely revisit 2011 highs over $6 share as announcements of IPOs of portfolio companies materialize over the next 24 months and investor enthusiasm is reignited.

Disclosure: I am long TINY.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/481531-harris-and-harris-group-an-undervalued-technology-stock?source=yahoo

[scstocks]

Hello aiming,

Hope you are doing well. Do you still follow this one?

Wallstarb mentioned it on the general stock ideas board over the weekend and then I saw your id from this post in 2008 and thought I would give you a shout. I kind of watch his stuff from a distance, kinda like surf....and it looks like i would have made some already on this one today had i not hesitated....

gfp's dad is going through chemo right now but he posted on this as well over there.

I am not trading too much right now, thinking the market is overvalued, (sound familiar?) right now.

But I did manage to get some bpax at a 90% off sale they were having many weeks back and now riding free shares in that one. Right now have flyer on bnvi off huge volume day week or so ago, and still playing/investing in wnr, that refining play. I began a small short position in overall market last week, so it is bound to go up huge now! ha.

Anyway, hope you are doing well....

[ICEQUITY]

TINY Doug Jamison of Harris & Harris Group sits down with host Tobin Smith to discuss some of the company's exciting venture capital investments, which focuses on nanotechnology, microsystems, and microelectromechanical systems technology.

http://www.equities.com/equities-tv?s=tiny#tabs-2

[SuperSquirrel]

Harris & Harris Group Reports Financial Statements as of March 31, 2011
Harris & Harris Grp., Inc. (MM) (NASDAQ:TINY)

Today : Wednesday 11 May 2011

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TINY), reported today that, as of March 31, 2011, its net asset value and net asset value per share were $146,632,745 and $4.73, respectively.

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=47615264&symbol=TINY

[stocker24]

Hey anyone here still watching this? I plan on getting in tomorrow. Thoughts?

[SuperSquirrel]

Harris & Harris Group Notes Completion of Amgen Acquisition of BioVex

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TINY) notes that Amgen and BioVex Group, Inc., today announced the completion of the acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc. The transaction provides Amgen with BioVex's lead product candidate, OncoVEXGM-CSF, a novel investigational oncolytic vaccine in Phase 3 clinical development that may represent a new approach to treating melanoma and head and neck cancer. The acquisition was initially announced on January 24, 2011.

Harris & Harris Group was an investor in privately held BioVex Group. Harris & Harris Group made its initial investment in BioVex Group in September 2007.

Harris & Harris Group is a publicly traded venture capital company that invests in nanotechnology and microsystems. 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, 2009, 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 reference to the website www.HHVC.com has been provided as a convenience, and the information contained on such website is not incorporated by reference into this press release.

CONTACT: Douglas W. Jamison
[phone]

[SuperSquirrel]

$4.36 was a good call :) It hit another 52 week high today ($6.30 so far).

[SuperSquirrel]

Harris & Harris Group Notes NeoPhotonics IPO

NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harris & Harris Group, Inc., (Nasdaq:TINY) noted today that NeoPhotonics Corporation has priced its initial public offering (IPO) of 7,500,000 shares of common stock at $11 per share.

Harris & Harris Group first invested in NeoPhotonics in 2003. As of September 30, 2010, the most recent date on which Harris & Harris Group valued its investment in NeoPhotonics, our preferred convertible shares were valued at $6,745,442. Prior to the IPO, Harris & Harris Group's preferred shares of NeoPhotonics converted into approximately 400,900 shares of common stock. Harris & Harris Group purchased an additional 50,000 shares of common stock in the IPO.

NeoPhotonics is a developer and vertically integrated manufacturer of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) based components, modules and subsystems for use in telecommunications networks. The company's products include active semiconductor, passive PLC and MEMS multi-dimensional switching functions in a single product. This integration is enabled by nanomaterials and nanoscale design and fabrication technologies. NeoPhotonics maintains headquarters in San Jose, California and ISO 9001:2000 certified engineering and manufacturing facilities in Silicon Valley and Shenzhen, China.

Harris & Harris Group is a publicly traded venture capital company that invests in nanotechnology and microsystems. 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, 2009, 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 reference to the website www.HHVC.com has been provided as a convenience, and the information contained on such website is not incorporated by reference into this press release.

CONTACT: DOUGLAS W. JAMISON
TEL. NO. [phone]

[plfminthemiddle]

shares of tiny are still really cheap they will in turn use these profits for further investments going forward.

[SuperSquirrel]

Amgen to Acquire BioVex

Posted January 25, 2011

* Amgen to Acquire BioVex
* Generex Announces $3.0 Million Investment
* Great Hill Partners Raises $1.1M for Metro Fiber Brasil - cbl
* ArcLight Capital Partners Raises $382.7M - cbl
* Emancipation Capital Owns 6% of SoundBite Communications - cbl
* Q1 Labs Appoints Brian Cohen CFO

NEW YORK -- Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TINY) notes that Amgen and BioVex Group, Inc., today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive acquisition agreement under which Amgen has agreed to acquire BioVex Group, a privately held, venture-funded, biotechnology company headquartered in Woburn, Mass. BioVex Group is developing OncoVEX, a novel oncolytic vaccine in Phase 3 clinical development, that may represent a new approach to treating melanoma and head and neck cancer.

Under terms of the agreement, Amgen will pay up to $1 billion: $425 million in cash at closing and up to $575 million in additional payments upon the achievement of certain regulatory and sales milestones. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of each company. It is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011.

Following the completion of the transaction, BioVex Group will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Amgen.

Harris & Harris Group is an investor in privately held BioVex Group. Harris & Harris Group made its initial investment in BioVex Group in September 2007.

Harris & Harris Group is a publicly traded venture capital company that invests in nanotechnology and microsystems. Detailed information about Harris & Harris Group and its holdings can be found on its website at www.HHVC.com.

[SuperSquirrel]

This could be a good year for TINY if a few of their companies do an IPO. Closed at $4.36 today and I'm calling it a long-term buy...

"IPOs Expected to Have Strong Year As Stocks Recover"

On Friday January 7, 2011, 3:13 pm EST

U.S. companies are expected to go public this year at the best pace in three years, as investors regain confidence in stocks and seek more risk.

Among the first to test the waters will be TV ratings company Nielsen Holdings, while a big wild card for the market will be whether one of the young, fast-growing internet companies like LinkedIn or Groupon decide to go with an initial public offering (IPO).

A rebound from the two-year slump in the U.S. IPO market started last year and should accelerate, industry experts say. There are currently more than 130 companies in the pipeline, mostly U.S.-based, and at least twice as many are believed to be waiting in the wings.

"U.S. IPOs will step up in activity due to recent clarity on tax rates, the Federal Reserve's QE2 effort to push investors into the equity market and the prospects of a more business-friendly federal government," says IPO research and management firm Renaissance Capital in a recent report.

The firm's research director Paul Bard told CNBC that the IPO market will continue to take its cue from broader equity markets, but he sees the environment as very positive.

"Companies are feeling better about their business and growth prospects; money is coming to equity funds, and investors are making money in IPOs not only on the first day, but after the first day as well," he said.

Bard sees the growing activity on private exchanges as an indication of a strong desire among institutional investors for young, U.S. growth companies.

"This means should they decide to move forward with IPOs, there should be strong demand from the buy side," he said.

The biggest surprise of the year may come from the swollen shadow IPO pipeline that includes some high-profile names.

Peter Falvey, a managing director at Morgan Keegan, says the real wild card in 2011 will be hyper-growth Internet companies currently on sidelines like Facebook, LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga or Twitter.

"If one of them files, this will bring attention to the IPO market unlike anything we have seen since at least Google went public in 2004," Falvey said.

Just this week, reports surfaced that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: gs) has offered its wealthy private clients an opportunity to invest in Facebook. The reported investment raised Facebook's valuation to a jaw-dropping $50 billion.

According to Falvey, this gives Facebook the luxury of putting off an IPO for some time. In fact, the latest reports say the company will go public or disclose financial information no earlier than April 2012.

"Their early investors aren't clamoring for liquidity, and they won't want to disclose their numbers to the public through filings until necessary," Falvey said. Staying private also makes it easier for Facebook to further experiment with its revenue model, he adds.

This year, the U.S. IPO market will see more traditional growth issuers, with U.S. small cap tech and consumer companies picking up activity, expects Bard of Renaissance Capital. The healthcare sector is also anticipated to stage a comeback, after being notably absent last year due to uncertainties surrounding policy reform.

Private-equity IPOs, which struggled in 2010, should increase in both number and volume, according to Bard.

"We expect several large $1billion-plus private equity IPOs," he said. However, investors will continue to push for lower prices.

One of the first blockbuster offerings of the year may be Nielsen Holdings. The company could raise $2 billion, becoming the largest PE-backed public offering in a decade. Bard says keep an eye on HCA, the largest private hospital operator in the country. This IPO could set a record, raising close to $5 billion. Other notable IPOs currently in the pipeline: Toys "R" Us, Kinder Morgan, and Skype.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/IPOs-Expected-to-Have-Strong-cnbc-1144749264.html;_ylt=Avz7jnHQfRVoh9j7UUhBStS7YWsA;_ylu=X3oDMTE1Ym40cTd0BHBvcwM0BHNlYwN0b3BTdG9yaWVzBHNsawNpcG9zZXhwZWN0ZWQ-?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=1&asset=&ccode

[plfminthemiddle]

my favorite stock and my number one holding is Blinkx.com
a video search engine with more searchable content for video than yahoo and google 111 patents and 15 million in cash no debt and expects to turn profit next may.
BLNKF reminds me of when priceline was a dollar now PCLN close to $300!
potential is HUGE on blinkx!
created a web portal for smart phones m.blinkx.com and an app for samsung galaxcy phone .
A deal with a DVR company called mini web also.....

[kismetkid]

lol. i bought at 11.83. and i still think i will make money on it. i also am holding arwr and apnt. i sold veco for a nice gain, but would have made much more if i had held it. nano is the wave of the future imo.

i think i may buy more apnt rather than average down on this. not sure though.

[plfminthemiddle]

hey kid
just bought a few more shares .becoz my cost is way higher than it is now.adv down a bit,
Tiny shares are trading below book and insiders are buying and Neophtonics filed to ipo so things could get intresting for this company really quick.

[kismetkid]

some tiny life in tiny. loooooooong wait.

[kismetkid]

yahoo message board for tiny

http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/mb/TINY

[plfminthemiddle]

congrats you might want to look at this company too www.blinkx.com symbol BLNKF.pk it has 111 pattens and 30 million in cash rumor out they are buying zango.com too.

[daichi07]

invested in this company a few weeks ago. i'm already up 35%!

[muniros]

Tiny just broke a new low. where do u think the new low would be? I hope I can guess it !!!

[plfminthemiddle]

TINY is very volitile in this hostile market as it makes money when their portfolio gets bought out or IPO's on the market place it looks as tho we shall not see that IMO for quite a while (I hope I am wrong)
the whole mkt is downward trend with no place to hide just myself looking for bargins but what i see as bargins continue to slide no idea where this slide ends .

[muniros]

I 4 1 will keep checking the posts 4 any good inputs.

G L TINY.

[plfminthemiddle]

INNOVALIGHT, INC.
Innovalight, Inc. develops low-cost, high-performance renewable energy products based on silicon nanotechnology.
http://www.innovalight.com

SOLAZYME, INC.
Solazyme, Inc. is harnessing the power of the sun through the directed evolution of selected photosynthetic microbes to provide efficient bioproduction solutions to the energy, pharmaceutical, chemical and nutraceutical industries.
http://www.solazyme.com

[plfminthemiddle]

Tiny book value is 5.69 according to yahoo stats .
TINY has lost investors in this mkt because the market is unstable and don't look like IPO's are any time soon(FROM THE PORTFOLIO) and just look around small caps are getting killed on exchanges tiny is no diffrent .
I think TINY will make very happy investors someday perhaps 5-10 years down the road for those who can wait the investors in at this level will possible look like they robbed a bank in the FUTURE.

[profcw]

Does anyone have any recent estimates re: market value of their holdings? I believe The Motley Fool is still recommending TINY; this level looks attractive.

[plfminthemiddle]

the whole market is under extreme pressure especially small caps and mids all got a haircut and TINY is no exception.
I think with nano dynamics pulling the listing from the private equity mkt on ndq is posting a bad sign for the industry timing ..
(even tho NanoDMX is not a tiny holding)
However the solar plays is very hot sector so perhaps TINY could be brave to unleash one of them to keep investors intrested..

TINY has about access to 64 million dollars if wanted to invest in what ever it wants prehaps since the mkt is so bad they may find some steals in the indusrty and spend it wisely.

Right now I have been investing in a micro cap stock called blinkx.com #1 video search engine with more searchable video content than yahoo and google for .38 cents check them out and let me know what you think I have also created a board for that the symbol is BLNKF.pk

[Aiming4]

plfminthemiddle - I see that TINY is back to roughly 2004 levels... do you think it is due to reverse any time soon?

Thanks for any thoughts.

[plfminthemiddle]

to watch making crude oil video from pond scum and then powering a car it is also a company in TINY's portfolio
1. go to blinkx.com in search box type solazyme it will find it very intresting INDEED!

[plfminthemiddle]

Nanosys, DoCoMo Capital, and NTT DoCoMo to Collaborate on Nanotechnology-Enabled Wireless Communication Opportunities
Thursday January 11, 9:00 am ET

PALO ALTO, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 11, 2007 -- Nanosys, Inc. and DoCoMo Capital, Inc., a wholly owned US subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo, Inc., today announced they have entered into an exclusive collaboration agreement among Nanosys, DoCoMo Capital, and NTT DoCoMo, Inc. to develop Nanosys' nanotechnology platform for potential product opportunities in wireless communications for mobile telephone applications in Japan. Under the terms of the agreement, NTT DoCoMo and DoCoMo Capital will fund development efforts at Nanosys and NTT DoCoMo. In addition, DoCoMo Capital announced its equity investment in Nanosys. Financial details of the agreements were not disclosed.

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"We are extremely pleased to be working with NTT DoCoMo and DoCoMo Capital," said Calvin Chow, Nanosys' Chief Executive Officer. "NTT DoCoMo actively promotes the development and introduction of new services and technologies ahead of its competitors, and recognizes the potential of Nanosys' technology in addressing numerous emerging wirelesss communications opportunities."

"This collaboration, as well our investment in Nanosys, allows us to expand future opportunities for developing new mobile telephone applications," said Nobuyuki Akimoto, President and CEO of DoCoMo Capital. "Through advances using nanotechnology we expect to increase NTT DoCoMo's position as the mobile communications technology leader in the world."

About Nanosys

Nanosys, Inc. is a leader in the development of nanotechnology-enabled products utilizing high performance inorganic nanostructures. Nanosys has built one of the broadest technology platforms in the industry with approximately 500 patents and patent applications covering fundamental areas of nanotechnology. Based in Palo Alto, California and privately held, Nanosys collaborates with industry leaders to develop revolutionary high-value, high-performance products for computing, optoelectronics, communications, renewable energy, defense and the life sciences. Additional information on Nanosys can be found at www.nanosysinc.com.

About DoCoMo Capital

DoCoMo Capital, Inc. is a Palo Alto, California-based, wholly owned venture investment subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (NYSE:DCM - News), the leading mobile communication company based in Japan. Working closely with NTT DoCoMo's business and R&D divisions, DoCoMo Capital is in charge of NTT DoCoMo's early to middle stage venture investments in mobile communications related start-up companies predominantly in the United States. Established in 2005, the company has committed capital of $100 million. For more information, please access www.docomo-capital.com.

[plfminthemiddle]

Harris & Harris Gets Down to Business
By Jack Uldrich
January 16, 2007

Last week was a busy one for Harris & Harris (Nasdaq: TINY), a publicly traded venture capital firm specializing in nanotechnology.

On Friday, the Motley Fool Rule Breakers recommendation announced it had invested $4 million as the lead investor in Xradia, a company that designs and manufacturers a suite of ultra-high resolution 3-D X-ray microscopes and fluorescence imaging systems which have applications in everything from semiconductors and advanced materials to biotechnology and nanotechnology.

Time will tell if the investment pays off, especially since it is a highly competitive field. But the fact Xradia is already working with Argonne National Laboratory to study interactions at the nanoscale is a promising start.

What was more promising, however, were recent announcements from two of the companies Harris & Harris has invested in.

First, Nanosys announced that DoCoMo Capital, a subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) -- which is itself a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NYSE: NTT) -- had entered into an agreement to develop one of Nanosys' nanotechnology platforms for potential opportunities in the wireless communications market. That's particularly noteworthy because DoCoMo Capital apparently thinks enough of the technology to fund its development and take an equity stake in the company.

The second bit of good news came compliments of Molecular Imprints, which says it has shipped one of its new step-and-flash imprint lithography pieces of equipment to a "leading semiconductor memory manufacturer."

Now there is nothing inherently special about the shipment of a piece of equipment, but it is an indication that the semiconductor industry is looking seriously at Molecular Imprint's equipment to help design and build next-generation semiconductor components at and below the 32-nanometer range.

I have long felt that one of the keys to success for start-up nanotech companies is their ability to enter into agreements and/or establish partnerships with leading corporations. Nanosys, which already has an agreement with Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), is doing this with DoCoMo Capital; Molecular Imprints, which sold some of its equipment to Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Motorola (NSYE: MOT), is also doing the same with the semiconductor industry.

In and of itself, neither of these items guarantees Harris & Harris' success, but it sure beats the alternative of no new news and no partnerships. This is also just one of the many reasons why I continue to believe the company represents one of the better ways to invest in nanotechnology.

I encourage investors to watch for news of Xradia supplying its equipment to leading biotechnology or semiconductor companies. If it happens, it will be further proof that Harris & Harris is getting down to business in a way that should reap dividends for its investors.

[plfminthemiddle]

Yahoo don't have a message board for TINY anymore wonder if they will come here to post?

[plfminthemiddle]

NVEC up nicely today too.
Quantium computer company TINY invested in is call Dwavesystems.
www.dwavesys.com

[shaneyboy]

that technology is right around the corner, check out nvec for one but what nantero will do will far eclipse that, i think thier thing is quantum cumputing which will increase the cpu speed a million times or something.unless im mistaken but i know one of thier startups is working on it. cool huh?

[plfminthemiddle]

still here and just waiting for price to move I am long term tho ..
I am excited about one of their holdings Nantero which is working on nanotubes for computers and its goal to never have to wait on a computer to load up just turn it on like a tv how HUGE would that be?

[shaneyboy]

does anyone still follow this stock?

[shaneyboy]

TINY -im really liking the upside potential with this one. the media attention is good also

[plfminthemiddle]

tturner I like TINY as well I am a small investor too with only 62 shares of TINY I only make $6 an hr tho ..
I fell like I have bot a great investment even if its only 62 little shares..
hoping to add more
before it runs.

[tturner617]

I own Tiny. Small invester. I teach college business and therefore don't have a pot to piddle in when it comes to big bucks. I am a believer in disruptive tech and its huge profit potential and love tiny's portfolio. I realy like that it is a portfolio and therefore limits the risk. I see a lot of up with a limited down.

[plfminthemiddle]

tturner
do you own shares of tiny and welcome to the new message board its so much easier than yahoos new one .
I would like this message board to be a good one with lots of more posts .

[tturner617]

Zia laser, in Tiny's portfolio is no longer there. It went down the crapper. Why the keep it on the list, I have know idea. Read the Q reports on their home page. Great reading and exciting prospects.

[tturner617]

This is old news but it was a deciding factor of my buying ONNN. This looks like a turn around. It has a good PE, nice growth, they just bought a Fab and thats what is doing the work for nantero. The real danger is that they have way too much debt. This one should pop when the major holder finaly sells it position.

[plfminthemiddle]

RELATIONSHIP WITH GLOBAL 2000 COMPANIES

Remaining focused in making tiny-technology investments, we have worked with major chemical, electronics and semiconductor companies. Our active Rolodex includes Dow Chemical, DuPont, AirProducts, Rohm & Haas, ATMI, Sumitomo Chemical, Mitsui Chemical, BASF, Degussa, Eastman Chemical, Eastman Kodak and Bayer Specialty Materials. We have made introductions for our portfolio companies to a wide range of industrial and semiconductor companies, including Intel, IBM, Micron, Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba, NEC, NTT, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, SANYO, Motorola, Raytheon, Honeywell, Boeing, International Rectifier, Cabot, Cargill, ChevronTexaco, BMW, Infineon, KLA-Tencor, Tokyo Electron and ASML.

[plfminthemiddle]

Harris & Harris Group has significant investments in the following companies:


BridgeLux, Inc. develops high-power indium gallium nitride light emitting diodes that are used in various solid state lighting, mobile appliance, signage, and automotive applications.
www.bridgelux.com

Cambrios Technologies Corp. is developing a directed-evolution technology platform that uses genetic approaches to evolve rapidly biomolecules that express specific control over materials synthesis and assembly. As a result, the company plans to produce inexpensive and uniform nanostructures and fibers that self-assemble and attach to other structures via molecular affinity. Unlike alternative methods of producing nanostructures, Cambrios’s techniques can produce an extremely large variety of inorganic or commercially useful material, including semiconductors, metals, ceramics, and magnetic materials. www.cambrios.com

Chlorogen, Inc. is developing plant-made drugs and vaccines for the treatment and prevention of human diseases. Its patented chloroplast technology permits the expression of foreign proteins only within plant chloroplasts. According to Chlorogen, this provides two significant benefits. First, the chloroplast technology dramatically enhances the protein production of a cell. Second, because chloroplast DNA is not inherited through pollen, Chlorogen's technology can prevent foreign genes from being transferred to other crops through pollen. Chlorogen's initial focus will be on developing pharmaceutical proteins in tobacco.
www.chlorogen.com

Crystal IS develops methods to produce large, high-quality, single-crystal substrates of aluminum nitride (AlN) for use in the nitride semiconductor industry. These substrates are used in the production of high-power, high-temperature, and optoelectronic devices such as blue and ultraviolet lasers.
www.crystal-is.com

CSwitch, Inc. develops low-power, highly integrated, system-on-a-chip solutions for communications-based platforms.
www.cswitch.com

D-Wave Systems, Inc. develops high-performance quantum computing systems for commercial use in logistics, bioinformatics, life and physical sciences, quantitative finance and electronic design automation.
www.dwavesys.com

Evolved Nanomaterial Sciences, Inc. has developed a number of nanotechnology-enhanced approaches for the resolution of chiral molecules. The company is using its proprietary ESPTM technology to manufacture high-capacity, high-generality HPLC columns that simplify chiral method development and chiral chromatography and purification.
www.ensbio.com

Innovalight, Inc. develops low-cost, high-performance renewable energy products based on silicon nanotechnology
www.innovalight.com

Kereos, Inc. develops molecular imaging agents and targeted therapeutics for the detection and treatment of cancer and cardiovascular disease. The imaging agents and targeted therapeutics in Kereos' pipeline are based on proprietary ligand-targeted emulsion technologies.
www.kereos.com

Kovio, Inc. develops semiconductor products using thin film technologies, printed electronics and nanoparticle inks.
www.kovio.com

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. is a research-based company developing fully biodegradable nanoscopic drug delivery vehicles based on proprietary molecular constructs and "biological stealth" materials.
www.mersana.com

Metabolon, Inc. uses a proprietary technology platform in metabolomics to map changes in metabolic pathways. Measurement of the spectrum of cellular biochemical changes and the subsequent mapping of these changes to metabolic pathways permits a direct understanding of a disease. This information is used for the discovery and development of drugs, the identification of biomarkers and the early diagnosis of disease states.
www.metabolon.com

Molecular Imprints, Inc. develops and manufactures nano-lithography systems for high resolution and for 3-dimensional pattern replication. The company has commercialized a new and unique Step and Flash Imprint Lithography technology (S-FILTM), which is a simple step and repeat, room temperature, low pressure, nano-imprint process that has demonstrated sub-20 nanometer resolution.
www.molecularimprints.com


NanoGram Corporation owns a patent portfolio of approximately 75 patents and a complementary family of trademarks. NanoGram plans to license its broad intellectual property portfolio in fields including, nanomaterials-based films, discovery of new nanomaterials compositions, and rapid synthesis of nanopowders and films.
www.nanogram.com/new2


Nanomix, Inc. is developing nanoelectronic sensors that integrate carbon nanotube electronics with silicon microstructures. These sensors are intended to add value across a broad range of industrial and medical applications where attributes of nanotechnology offer significant performance advantages including: low power consumption, small size, high specificity, reproducibility and wireless integration.
www.nano.com


NanoOpto Corp. is applying proprietary nano-optics and nano-manufacturing technology to design and make optical components for consumer electronics and potentially for optical systems and networks. Based on years of research, the company’s technology allows orders of magnitude more rapid prototyping, higher performance, and lower overall system cost. Both on its own and with corporate partners, NanoOpto’s strategy is to use subwavelength techniques to produce better conventional optical components and also to create new classes of integrated components.
www.nanoopto.com


Nanosys, Inc. is developing nanotechnology-enabled systems incorporating novel and patent-protected zero and one-dimensional nanometer-scale materials such as nanowires, nanotubes and nanodots (quantum dots).
www.nanosysinc.com

Nantero, Inc. is developing a high-density, nonvolatile random access memory (NRAM) chip using nanotechnology.
www.nantero.com


NeoPhotonics Corp. develops and manufactures advanced planar optical devices by monolithically integrating active and passive optical materials using the company's proprietary nanomaterials-based process solutions.
www.neophotonics.com


Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc. is developing next-generation thermoelectrics based on its unique, thin-film superlattice technology for applications that require extreme thermal management solutions. The technology has the potential to improve dramatically thermal management for the next generation of microprocessors and other integrated circuits. Other potential applications include refrigeration, personal heating/cooling, power generation, cooling microprocessors, fiber-optic switches, biotechnology and automotive energy management.
www.nextremethermal.com


Polatis, Inc. (formerly Continuum Photonics, Inc.) is focused on delivering cost-effective solutions for optical layer connectivity. The company developed all of its hardware products on a common technology platform - DirectLight. DirectLight is a proprietary beam-steering methodology, using solid-state mechanics for precision tuning of optics. Polatis develops a broad series of products upon the DirectLight platform including a series of non-blocking, fully transparent switches, agnostic to both bit-rate and protocol.
www.polatis.com

Questech Corporation manufactures and markets proprietary metal decorative tiles and signs.
www.questechmetals.com

Solazyme, Inc. is harnessing the power of the sun through the directed evolution of selected photosynthetic microbes to provide efficient bioproduction solutions to the energy, pharmaceutical, chemical and nutraceutical industries.
www.solazyme.com

Starfire Systems offers a family of patented silicon carbide forming polymers for the manufacture of advanced ceramic materials applications. Starfire's range of matrix polymers and silicon carbide CVD precursors simplifies the formation of advanced ceramic materials. Starfire Systems has targeted applications in aerospace, power generation and microelectronics.
www.starfiresystems.com


Zia Laser develops quantum dot passively mode locked lasers to address applications that require an extremely stable optical clocking signal at a multi-Gigahertz repetition rate in the 1200 1340 nm wavelength range. Zia Laser's products address applications in network communications and optical clock distribution for next generation high speed microprocessors.
www.zialaser.com

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the Nano game starring TINY

After nearly a decade of hype and false starts, the National Science Foundation forecasts that $1 trillion worth of nanotechnology-enabled products will be on the market by 2015. This year, corporations and governments will spend more than $11 billion on nanotechnology research.

However, investors have been burned (charred to a crisp actually) by the big Nanotech hype back in January of 2004. Remember that? George W. Bush signed the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act in 2003, and continued mentioning nanotech throughout the year. Investors went nuts, buying anything with nano in the name - pushing stocks like Nanogen, Inc (NGEN) and Nanophase Technologies Corporation (NANX) well above $10 a share.

Fast-forward to 2006, and Nanotech been forgotten again - and that's good news for investors like you and I. Nanotech is still a long-term sector, and the best time to get in for the long haul is right now, before another hype wave brings the speculators back in.

I can't recommend stocks like NGEN and NANX right now, though - too much risk.

Enter TINY (TINY).

Since 2002, Harris & Harris has made 30 investments in startups that specialize in what it calls `tiny technology'. Charles Harris switched to nano-only deals that year, making Harris & Harris the only publicly traded VC firm devoted exclusively to nanotechnology. To underscore the point, he changed the firm's Nasdaq ticker to TINY.

A full list of the companies TINY has invested in can be viewed here.

TINY is currently trading close to the bottom of its 52 week range. If you're looking to broaden your portfolio with a stock that is fairly low risk and has the potential for big returns over the next 5-10 years, you should include TINY in your long term portfolio

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Category 5 Stocks

By Rick Aristotle Munarriz (TMFBreakerRick)
August 30, 2006

I lived through Hurricane Andrew in 1992. It was only the third Category 5 windstorm to make landfall in the United States, and it was a doozy. I remember waiting for the deafening gusts to subside before venturing out to see the savage destruction that the killer storm had caused. When it comes to windstorms, Category 5 is as intense as they get. When it comes to investing, growth stocks would be the market equivalent.

Growth stocks are powerful, which can sometimes be a good thing. Find the right stock on the cusp of blowing apart the landscape, and you can go from being a modest investor to a rich one in the blink of a hurricane's eye. Think of Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) just as its publishing software was about to enter the wide-open waters of the Internet. Delve into Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN); its billion-dollar drugs like Neupogen and Epogen were once glimmers of medical hope going through successful clinical trials.

By the same token, growth stocks are volatile. I saw it when I stepped outside my home in 1992. You can see it, too, in a portfolio ravaged by the wrong growth stocks. Planet Hollywood? 3DO? They both blew my portfolio to pieces way back when.

Bracing for the big one
Snapping up the right growth stocks is the aim of the Motley Fool Rule Breakers newsletter service. Every month, David Gardner leads a team of analysts in unearthing a couple of ultimate growth-stock ideas. When he's right, Category 5 investing can be a thing of beauty. Four of the 24 recommendations from last year have gone on to more than double. When he's wrong, the damage can be brutal. Half of this year's picks are sporting double-digit losses at the moment.

The key to aggressive growth-stock investing is to let your winners run. If you land that 10-bagger, it means that nine other similar investments can go to zero and you'll still have broken even.

Taking chances has led the service to single out some pretty eclectic -- if not outright eccentric -- companies. Harris & Harris (Nasdaq: TINY) is a nanotechnology investor seeking big things from small technology. You may be familiar with iRobot (Nasdaq: IRBT), the company that revolutionized home maintenance with its Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners; it's now making the battlefront safer with roadside-bomb-detecting robots.

Buying into new technology is risky. In fact, both of these stocks are trading for less than they were when the companies were first recommended. That's OK. Disruptive technology may not disrupt overnight, but when it does, the upticks can come in a hurry.

I am fortunate enough to have been with The Motley Fool in the mid-1990s, when David was recommending the purchase of companies such as America Online, Iomega, and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN). They seemed like radical investments at the time. AOL was battling it out in the cutthroat realm of dialup online services. Iomega was a tired data-storage company betting big on its proprietary Zip disk product. Amazon was trying to turn retail distribution upside-down by shipping book orders placed online directly to the end user. AOL, Zip, and online shopping took off, and so did David's real-money Rule Breakers portfolio.

Andrew, 14 years later
The storms keep coming. I still live in Miami, so I've had my share of windstorms come by in recent years. By the time you read this, Hurricane Ernesto may be gone, but it is barreling awfully close to my homestead at the moment.

Storms continue, but so do investing ideas. Last month, I looked at investing styles and labeled them like hurricane categories.

* Category 1 took a peek at high-yielding investments.
* Category 2 emphasized value stocks.
* Category 3 approached the merits of a balanced portfolio.
* Category 4 explored small-cap stocks.

Wrapping things up with the most powerful -- and sometimes dangerous -- basket of stocks makes sense. I'm part of the Rule Breakers team of analysts. I buy stocks in all shapes and flavors, though I'm always smitten by a good young growth stock with a great story to tell.

Oh, they do tell stories. It was easy to snuggle up to Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG) -- an active Rule Breakers recommendation that I sadly sold way too soon -- once it became clear how operating rooms around the country were taking to Intuitive's surgical robotic arms. It was easy to fall for Baidu.com (Nasdaq: BIDU) -- China's leading search engine -- on the promise of the improving economic state of the world's most populous nation.

I'll probably be heading further in that direction in the coming weeks. I don't fear Category 5 investing. I've seen David excel at it for nearly as long as I've been telling stories of how I made it through Hurricane Andrew.

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The CIA Has a New Small Secret

By Jack Uldrich
August 30, 2006

In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), recently announced that it hired Christopher Darby, a former Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) manager, to be its new CEO.

Among Darby's top priorities are longer-lived batteries and nanotechnology. Given Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Dell's (Nasdaq: DELL) recent problems with lithium-ion batteries, he is in good company in wanting new and improved battery technology; but his public emphasis on nanotechnology was something new.

A year ago, I discussed In-Q-Tel's investment in Nanosys -- a private nanotechnology company in which Motley Fool Rule Breakers recommendation Harris & Harris (Nasdaq: TINY) also has an equity stake -- and noted how the investment could pay dividends by helping the government develop specialized antennas through the use of high performance thin-film electronics.

What I did not mention at the time was that Nanosys also possesses patented proprietary nanowire technology could play a big role in the creation of ultra-sensitive biological and chemical detectors.

Security from biological and chemical attacks is, though, just one of the many areas where nanotechnology can assist the intelligence community in improving our national security.

The CIA has publicly stated that it is also interested in information security, making the Internet more hacker-resistant, creating distributed architectures, and increasing "knowledge generation."

Nanotechnology can assist in each of these areas. For instance, by taking advantage of the unique quantum properties of individual atoms, it is possible that foolproof encryption systems could be devised. Similarly, the advances that nanotech companies are making in nanoscale data storage, in combination with the progress being made in the fields of nanosensors and nanophotonics (for wireless telecommunication technology), could lead to the collection and dissemination of an unprecedented amount of information.

This new information, if properly processed and analyzed, could, in turn, lead to valuable knowledge.

This is not necessarily the type of knowledge that investors probably can profit from directly, because it will be classified. But I do encourage investors to keep an eye on the companies that In-Q-Tel is investing in, because they are likely to be at or near the forefront of technological advances that will not just keep us safer as a society -- they will also have widespread applications in a commercial marketplace that is always looking for better information security, distributed architecture systems, and knowledge generation.

If you do keep up, this is the type of information that can give you a small, semi-clandestine advantage in identifying the next "small" opportunity in nanotechnology.

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Nantero picking up nanotube development with ON Semi

Dylan McGrath
EE Times
(05/23/2006 8:18 PM EDT)

SAN FRANCISCO — Pioneering startup Nantero Inc. is picking up the carbon nanotube CMOS fabrication development work it started with LSI Logic Corp. with a new partner — On Semiconductor, the new owner of the Gresham, Ore. facility where the work has been done.

ON Semiconductor bought the Gresham fab from LSI Logic for $105 million last month. The facility is 130-nanometer production capable, making it ideal for the development work, the companies said. ON Semiconductor said it retained substantially all of the facility's employees, including most of the in-house engineering team. Nantero had been working with LSI Logic as a manufacturing partner prior to the company's decision to sell the fab.

"We see tremendous potential in this joint project," said Greg Schmergel, Nantero's co-founder and CEO. "Nantero has successfully worked with the engineering team in Gresham for years and we look forward to working with ON Semiconductor to make the world's first production semiconductor devices using carbon nanotubes."

Nantero's proprietary processes for the use of carbon nanotubes are CMOS-compatible and are presently under development at ON Semiconductor's Gresham semiconductor manufacturing campus. The facility was the first production fab in the world to qualify carbon nanotubes, according to the companies.

Within the past month, Nantero (Woburn, Mass.), announced it has fabricated and successfully tested a 22-nanometer memory switch and reportedly said it expects its carbon nanotube nonvolatile memory to come to market in 2007.

"The technological accomplishments already achieved by Nantero in the Gresham facility are impressive," said Bill George, senior vice president of operations for ON Semiconductor, in a statement, "and we expect to work together to realize additional milestones in the integration of carbon nanotubes in CMOS processes."