CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
18
U.S.C.
SECTION 1350
AS
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION
906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. §1350, the undersigned officer of Renaissance Capital Growth &
Income Fund III, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certifies, to such officer’s
knowledge, that the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
September 30, 2006 (the “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of
Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company
as of,
and for, the periods presented in the Report.
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Dated:
December 19, 2006
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/s/
Russell
Cleveland
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Russell
Cleveland
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President
and
Chief Executive Officer
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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A
signed
original of this written statement required by section 906 has been provided
to
the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities
and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
The
foregoing certification is being furnished as an exhibit to Form 10-Q pursuant
to Item 601(b)(32) of Regulation S-K and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act
of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United
States Code) and, accordingly, is not being filed as part of the Form 10-Q
for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and
is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made
before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation
language in such filing.