PE deal experience on resume

Been interning at a MM PE firm for past few months and was wondering what are the most relevant deals I should include on my resume as I get ready for oncycle PE recruiting. For context, I will be starting FT at a BB IB in a month and am targeting UMM/MF PE for oncycle.

So far, I haven't closed any platform investments (entered 3 processes, none of which closed). However, I did work on 2 sizable exits (strategic/sponsor sale) and 2 much smaller add-on acquisitions, all of which are announced. 

I am planning on including 2 deals for this section. Should I only include the 2 exits since they're more well-known and are much larger? Or should I include an add-on as well? 

In case it matters, the 2 exits have publicly-disclosed valuations, whereas for the add-ons I will have to keep their valuations confidential. I will also be including 1-2 deals in my IB SA section.

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I'd say the difference in the level of contribution was negligible between those deals and I can speak about them equally well for the most part. However, the difference in transaction size was huge and much more than ~$50M, plus the add-ons chose not to publicly disclose their valuation which means I will have to keep that confidential.

I just want to know which type of transaction experience is more relevant or favorable for oncycle recruiting, a large LBO exit/sale or a small add-on acquisition?

And how many deals in total would you include within this resume section in this case?

 

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