Mix At Six at SXSW Interactive Photo By Jojo MarionSXSW V2V is hitting the road this summer to meet up with digital creatives, entrepreneurs, VCs, startups and other tech professionals who are interested in learning more about the exciting new SXSW event scheduled August 11-14 in Las Vegas.

The SXSW V2V team is starting out their four-city road trip in San Fransisco. If you are in the Bay Area on Monday, May 20, we'd like to invite you to come out and join us for a few drinks and surprises from 6pm to 8pm at Mighty, located at 119 Utah Street. RSVP to let us know you're coming!

Photo By Jen Bertrand The Startup Spotlight at SXSW V2V offers startups the opportunity to give demos, network and get immediate feedback. Each day following the keynote, the Startup Spotlight offers attendees the chance to check out a number of ground-breaking new startups.

To learn how your startup can have a presence at the Startup Spotlight, please contact Katie King .

Photo Courtesy of Chris Valentine

If you were out at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York this week, you might have run into V2Venture Producer Chris Valentine (pictured here with an enormous pretzel that he promises to save a little of for us). V2V's own Katie King joined Chris to check out the latest the startup world has to offer.

Entries are now open for V2Venture, SXSW V2V's fast-paced, no-holds-barred, Vegas-style pitch event showdown. Companies can enter their new product or service to compete in one of five distinct categories until Friday, May 31.