Vow, a company backed by Blackbird Ventures
that makes meat from animal cells, began producing hand sanitiser for its
employees and their local community using ingredients approved by the World
Health Organisation they had on hand in their lab. This came after they
experienced a significant shortage when the pandemic was at its peak.
Soon realising that this wasn’t only being experienced by Vow, and that
many other businesses were struggling to source sanitiser to provide safe
working environments for their teams, Vow began distributing bottles to
friends, family, investors and other connections who lived locally. They
express-shipped and did mail box drops to ensure they were delivered
quickly.