The tech scene is booming in Brooklyn. 

Over the summer, 3D printing company Stratasys acquired MakerBot, the hot 3D printing startup, in a $ 400 million deal. 

“We’re so proud to be doing this in Brooklyn,” MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis said in June. “I don’t think we could’ve done this any other place.”

In Brooklyn’s DUMBO area, there is a growing community of tech startups. The area, which stands for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, is home to more than 500 tech companies.  

Makeably is a marketplace for one-of-a-kind handmade products.

Makeably aims to help makers utilize their underlying skill set to further expand their product offerings and range, and take the risk part of it out. At the same time, it’s enabling everyday people to purchase one-of-a-kind items.

Potential buyers browse through site’s various sections — home, apparel, kids, hobby, and weddings. Once you see something you like, you can request to get a custom version made.

Makeably founder Anastasia Leng formerly worked at Google before starting Makeably.

“Google’s a phenomenal company,” Leng previously told Business Insider. “But I just needed to do this.” 

Maker’s Row wants to bring manufacturing back to the U.S.

Maker’s Row is an online marketplace that connects manufacturers with product-based businesses of all sizes. It’s essentially a matchmaker for fashion designers and manufactures. 

Back in July, Maker’s Row raised $ 1 million from Index Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Alexis Ohanian, and Joanne Wilson. 

Etsy is a marketplace for buying and selling goods.

Etsy is a fast-growing indie-goods marketplace that has been rumored to go public for a while now. 

Its biggest traffic source is Pinterest, Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson tells Business Insider. Etsy’s success is dependent upon its makers’s success. That’s why the startup aims to be as transparent and honest as possible. 

As of this month, Etsy has 1 million active sellers and 30 million buyers on the platform. Etsy also recently announced some changes to its guidelines. All of those changes were to ensure that successful sellers on Etsy feel comfortable continuing to use the site, Dickerson says.

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