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Y Combinator鈥檚 accelerator is widely sought after, with startups from all around the world applying to join the ranks of the organization. Why that is might seem like a silly question, but we decided to put numbers to the hype.

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In late February, Crunchbase News broke down the 15 most highly valued Y Combinator alumni with Airbnb, Zenefits, and Quora making the cut. YC鈥檚 second most highly valued alumni, Dropbox, recently filed to go public (for everything you need to know about that click here). It is the first YC startup to dive into public waters, and with a reported private valuation of $10 billion, it is likely to make a huge splash upon entry.

With that in mind, we took a look back on Y Combinator鈥檚 biggest exits and found that the aggregate cost of the top ten totals more than $2.5 billion. The exited group consists of companies ranging from video game streaming service Twitch to car monitoring device manufacturer Automation.

The largest of the exited bunch is , an autonomous vehicle company founded in 2013 by Kyle Vogt, who is also a founder of Twitch which came in second on the list.

According to Crunchbase, Cruise raised in 2014, and took part in

the winter 2014 YC batch along with , , and others. In 2015 the company raised a Series A that brought in $12.5 million. That same year it raised a backed by , bringing the known total funds raised to $18.8 million before it was for a in 2016

The company has certainly put that money where its mouth is. According to , Cruise and GM unveiled their fourth generation fully electric steering wheel-less vehicle, and submitted a proposal to the national Highway and Traffic Safety Administration to deploy the car in 2019.

Another YC-backed company that exited with a bang is , a cloud based app development platform founded in 2007 which was in 2010 for $212 million. The company, founded by Adam Wiggins, Orion Henry, and James Lindenbaum, raised just in 2008. By the time of its acquisition it had raised a in 2008 followed by a in 2010 bringing its total known funding to $13 million.

We relied on Crunchbase data and reporting from sources like TechCrunch, Bloomberg, and others to bring you this data. The companies are ordered by acquisition price from most to least expensive.

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