big bets & bad calls with Navi Medical Technologies

<p>An aerospace engineer walks into a NICU and doesn&#39;t leave the same person. On this episode of big bets &amp; 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. </p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p>