According to PANews, the crypto payment platform Meso announced the completion of a $9.5 million seed round of financing, led by Solana Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from institutional investors Canonical Crypto and 6th Man Ventures, and angel investors including Phantom co-founder Chris Kalani, Pinterest CEO Bill Ready, and Archie Puri of Bodhi Labs. Meso is a payment platform that closely combines digital assets and fiat currencies, aiming to simplify on-chain and off-chain fund transfers. The platform integrates bank accounts and bank cards into crypto applications, attracting users without having to send funds to centralized exchanges first. Meso's team members have worked at PayPal, Braintree, and Venmo.