I don’t understand why the specifics of the situation matters here. We know the company got acquihired for $2.4B, the problem is, why did all of it go to invest

I don’t understand why the specifics of the situation matters here. We know the company got acquihired for $2.4B, the problem is, why did all of it go to investors and founders and nothing for employees? I’m not sure customer churn rate has any impact on liquidation preference.