What do acquisitions look like?

I work for a startup that boot strapped their entire company until just recently. As we've had investors come in, our goals have skyrocketed and everyone is now starting to feel burnt out. 

we've also hired on a wave of new SDRs in the last 2 months (20+). 

while "plans" to get acquired have been said to be at least 2 years out, my gut tells me it's coming sooner. 

anyone know what acquisitions look like generally?