An aerospace engineer walks into a NICU and doesn't leave the same person. On this episode of big bets & bad calls, Clint and Andrew sit down with Alex Newton, co-founder and CEO of Navi Medical Technologies, whose company has spent seven years building a device to solve a problem most people never knew existed: confirming catheter placement in critically ill newborns without repeat X-rays and dangerous delays.

Alex brought the actual device into the studio. We talk about the bet of leaving a stable aerospace career for a pre-revenue medtech startup, what it takes to raise hardware funding in Australia, and how Navi landed an FDA Breakthrough Device designation along the way.