What are the PE funds that genuinely care about operating experience?

And by that I don't mean consulting or the like. I mean somebody who has actually worked inside a company alongside the exec team, led projects, raised capital for the business, etc. I have a mix of both M&A experience early in my career and operating experience thereafter but the path into PE seems unclear to me from here...

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