Media and Community Sponsors
We offer a variety of sponsorship opportunities and exhibit options and are ready to work with you to create a custom presence for you onsite (one that will meet your marketing goals and budget). Please contact us at:
or call us 707.827.7272 for more information. We look forward to partnering with you.
Bike Monkey Magazine
Bike Monkey Magazine is the publication for an exciting new age of cycling. Bike Monkey speaks to all bike lovers with insightful reporting, exclusive interviews, great photography, and introspections into all things velo, from Northern California and beyond.
Blick Art Materials
BurdaStyle

BurdaStyle is an online sewing community. Our aim is to bring the craft of sewing to a new generation of fashion designers, sewing hobbyists & DIYers. The website offers copyright-free sewing patterns, step-by step sewing tutorials, skill sharing, inspiration, project ideas and people passionate about sewing. Membership is free.
Elmer's
Fora.TV
HomeGrown Village
FARM AID created HOMEGROWN.org to be a place where people connect to the land and to each other. It is a place where we can learn from each other, share our questions, and show off how we dig in the dirt, grow our own food, work with our hands, and cook and share our meals - all things that we call HOMEGROWN. Welcome. Join the conversation.
Marketwire
Marketwire is a full service partner to public relations and marketing communications professionals seeking premiere news distribution, media management, multimedia, and monitoring solutions. The only fully integrated North America-based global newswire, Marketwire offers innovative products and services that help communication professionals maximize their effectiveness while ensuring accuracy and best practices.
Metro
Nuts and Volts

Nuts and Volts is a monthly publication devoted exclusively to electronics topics such as circuit design, lasers, amateur robotics, computer control, home automation, microcontrollers, data acquisition, new technology, DIY projects, electronic theory, etc. Nuts and Volts is written for the hands-on hobbyist, design engineer, technician, and experimenter. The diversity of subjects appeals to all levels of experience but focuses more on the intermediate to advanced level reader.
O'Reilly Media

O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazine, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.
Rock & Roll Auto Recycling
San Francisco Bay Guardian

Since 1966, the San Francisco Bay Guardian has been printing the news and raising hell as the Bay Area's independent, locally-owned & edited newspaper. With fearless investigative reporting of local, national and international politics and issues; support of green and sustainable businesses and legislation; extensive arts & entertainment coverage; outrageous web content at sfbg.com; and the pioneering, annual "Best of the Bay" issue, the San Francisco Bay Guardian has become the nation's #1 independent alt-weekly.
SERVO

SERVO Magazine is a monthly publication for robot innovators at all levels of expertise. There are articles on getting started as well as forward thinking, component-level information on developing robotic systems. New products, events, DIY projects, reviews, hacks, and tutorials round out the editorial.
Silicon Valley Engineering Council
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition

Secure Valet Bicycle Parking will be provided by the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition at this year's Maker Faire. The SVBC aims to make bicycling mainstream for both transportation and recreation. Bicycling is a key solution to the environmental, health, and social issues facing our communities. Their programs include Share the Road and Bike to Work Day, bicyclist education for both youth and adults, and the Bicycle Exchange, where rebuilt bikes are donated to needy families.
Swerve
Xtracycle