AOL has launched The Road to Disrupt, a 12-episode documentary series that follows five startup companies that competed in last year’s San Francisco TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield.

Produced by AOL Studios, all three- to five-minute episodes of The Road to Disrupt are available for streaming in the US, UK and Canada. The digital companies featured in the series include Monsieur, Hammer & Chisel, Bitcovery, Ansa and Ossia, and they each discuss their products before presenting them in front of judges in the hopes of winning $50,000.

The show was announced at the Digital Content NewFronts in April as part of the company’s 2014-15 original programming slate. Several of the new and returning series showcased at the event have already premiered: In Short, Park Bench (which was nominated for an Emmy last week) and the second season of Hardwired.

GroupM signed a deal ahead of the NewFronts in the spring making its clients the sole Canadian sponsors of the 2014-15 slate of AOL Originals content in the country.

From Stream Daily