Holding a pair of car keys in your fist in a dark street might make you feel safer, but won't help you much if the assailant is twice your size. That's what Stephenie Rodriguez thought when she designed the personal security device, WanderSafe.

She’s now taking the handheld beacon and accompanying app to the world, raising a million dollars from investors already and about to raise more to aid its global expansion.

<p>Holding a pair of car keys in your fist in a dark street might make you feel safer, but won't help you much if the assailant is twice your size. That's what Stephenie Rodriguez thought when she designed the personal security device, WanderSafe.</p>
<p>She&rsquo;s now taking the handheld beacon and accompanying app to the world, raising a million dollars from investors already and about to raise more to aid its global expansion.</p>

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