The document provides a brief history of venture capital from 1911 to the modern era. It outlines the major eras including the Genesis in 1911, the First Generations period of the 1950s focusing on semiconductor technology, the Giants of the 1970s including John Doerr and Vinod Khosla, the Maturity stage of the late 1970s when the number of venture capital firms reached around 100, the .com boom and bust of the 1990s-early 2000s, and the New Styles period after 2003 including the rise of incubators and focus on early stage investing by figures like Peter Thiel. The history shows the evolution of venture capital approaches over time corresponding to technological eras from semiconductors to the internet