Ra's Circle · Edition 2 · Private Dinner Gathering
A founder who sent parts to the Moon — and is now rebuilding the industrial foundation America quietly handed to China.
Ra's Circle is a private gathering for people who believe the best conversations happen in small rooms.
Each edition brings together a carefully curated mix — investors, founders with exits, policymakers, artists, athletes, and the outliers who don't fit neatly into any category. Never too many of any one kind. Always a balance that makes the room more interesting than the sum of its parts.
A rotating circle, never the same room twice, coming together around one question worth going deep on. Real connections. Honest exchange. The kind of conversation that stays with you.
At its core, Ra's Circle is built on an old Silicon Valley instinct that's gotten rare: people who give before they ask. The curious ones, the slightly crazy ones, who believe changing themselves comes before changing the world.
This edition's featured story
Bala Anand Jeldi
Founder & CEO · Precixion
Bala built what was recognized as the world's largest 3D printer — parts from it went to the Moon on India's Chandrayaan mission and to Mars on Mangalyaan. Over two decades he has worked across space, defense, and aerospace in India, Germany, and the UK, supplying components for ISRO, HAL, and ESA programs.
He is now building the infrastructure to answer one of the defining questions of this decade: who controls the raw materials, the machines, and the intelligence behind advanced manufacturing? With active interest from the US government and multiple military branches, his work sits at the intersection of national security, deep tech, and the reindustrialization of America.
His story is the proof, not just the pitch, for what we're exploring this edition: what gets unlocked when deep technology meets the full force of human will.
Sponsored by Precixion
Hosted by Samira Curtis, founder of RawLab.Ventures