VMware Image
You can download a VMware image containing the latest release (you need VMware Player to run it):
http://download.v-grid.info/venice-vmware.tgz.
The image provides a Linux system running the Venice Service Grid. The user name is 'venice' and the password is 'veniceuser'. If you want to become root on this machine, the necessary password is 'veniceroot'.
Installation Archive
The installation archive can be used to really start with Venice (service development and provisioning):
http://download.v-grid.info/venice-latest.tgz
Please refer to the documentation for further information about its usage.