Yahoo's $1.1 billion purchase on Monday of the blogging site Tumblr made history.

The acquisition was the biggest venture-backed exit of a New York-based company in the state's history. It was also the first time an exit of such a company hit the billion-dollar mark, according to CB Insights.

Some of the VCs that backed Tumblr include Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures.

Here's a look at the 11-biggest venture-backed exits of New York companies and some of the notable VCs who backed them. (This list does not include acquisitions that happened after an IPO. It also does not include private equity transactions.)

Source: CB Insights

—By CNBC's Cadie Thompson

Posted 21 May 2013

Acquirer: AOL

Year: 2011

VC Investors: Greycroft Partners, Oak Investment Partners and Softbank Capital

Valuation: $315 million

Acquirer: CBS

Year: 2005

VC Investors: Ackerley Partners and Court Square Ventures

Valuation: $325 million

Acquirer: Google

Year: 2011

VC Investors: Foundry Group, Norwest Venture Partners and Spark Capital

Valuation: $400 million

Acquirer: Aetna

Year: 2005

VC Investors: Partnership for New York City Fund, Prime Ventures, Psilos Group and Radius Ventures

Valuation: $405 million

Acquirer: Visual Networks

Year: 2000

VC Investors: Riggs Capital Partners and Trident Capital

Valuation: $415 million

Acquirer: Rakuten

Year: 2005

VC Investors: Mitsui Ventures and Comcast Interactive Ventures

Valuation: $425 million

Acquirer: Public

Year: 1999

VC Investors: Allegis Capital, Boston Millennia Partners, Rho Capital Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures

Valuation: $555 million

Acquirer: State Street

Year: 2007

VC Investors: Barclays Ventures and TH Lee Putnam Ventures

Valuation: $564 million

Acquirer: Salesforce.com

Year: 2012

VC Investors: GGV Capital , Greycroft Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Institutional Venture Partners and Softbank Capital

Valuation: $745 million

Acquirer: Yahoo

Year: 2007

VC Investors: Redpoint Ventures and WGI Group

Valuation: $850 million

Acquirer: Yahoo

Year: 2013

VC Investors: Sequioa Capital, Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures

Valuation: $1.1 billion