Family Office (GP & LP) -> PE/Infra/SWF?

Dear all,

First of all, I appreciate you all reading this. I was recently introduced to a family office in Asia that plays both GP and LP in the market. 

My background is as follows:
- CorpDev for 6+ years in tech and real estate
- Done M&A deals on seed-series C startups 
- Equity/private credit deals on multiple real estate PFVs (as an LP)
- Strong with numbers and financial modeling (already done internships at BB IB, PE, VC as an undergrad)

Not much is known about their activity/culture not only because of its small size but people just don't know much about family offices here in my country. Their AUM is in the south of single digit billions - single family office. Friends at lawfirms and PEs say top PE/VCs would visit them for fundraising (i.e. KKR), but also heard that they occasionally handle private equity deals on their own. They began with real estate assets and later stretched out to PE/VC deals. A mentor who introduced this opportunity suggested that this could open doors to PE/Infra/SWF as I've been figuring out a way to get my foot in the door to these elite circles. Curious to know if the WSO fam can see this work out in my favor. I am fully aware that I have a lot to prove and have to prepare my ass off for this opp (more so bc I don't come from IB/PE but CorpDev) but I just want to ask the WSO fam if this opp is truly the golden ticket to PE/Infra/SWF. I appreciate any honest advice on this read.

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