ER at a small AM firm or IB at a no-name firm?

(Non-US/LatAm)Hello! I'm a freshman at uni and I have applied for plenty of finance-related internships. So far I have received two offers. The first one as an ER intern at a small AM firm. The second one is at a 5-person IB team.

My long term goal is IB at a more established/larger firm. By this point you might think the answer is quite obvious but I worry that working at a "no-name" IB firm might not be enough for my cv. Any insights on micro IB firms?

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