It’s a new year, and we’ve been publishing annual looks at the most promising local tech companies under our RealLIST Startups series for five years now.

This is the list where we name 20 local startups that we think will make waves this year via landing funding, excelling on their missions, hiring employees, meeting goals and more. We curate this trusted list each January by sifting through past coverage, social media, nominations, dry searches on Google (which this reporter did a lot of) and other tactics.

Last year’s list honored companies in the insurance tech, healthcare, real estate and the education sectors, just to name a few. Curating Technical.ly DC’s 2021 list has felt especially different and personal because all of the tech companies in the region are still finding ways to operate through the coronavirus pandemic. Sadly, we’ve seen some businesses shutter, but it’s also encouraging to see that the founders behind the startups represented on this list weathered the pandemic in creative ways. Some have even launched their ventures in the midst of it.

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