Australia's Freelancer soars on winning NASA task order

Freelancer

04/02/2021 02:54

** Shares of Freelancer  FLN.AX  soar as much as 6.3% to
A$0.510
    ** Stock set to post second consecutive session of gains
    ** Crowdsourcing marketplace announces it has won NASA task
order for U.S. National Institute of Child Health  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX6RR6Ty
    ** Says National Institute of Child Health and Eunice
Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD) are looking to spur new research hypotheses
in maternal mortality and morbidity through innovative
exploration of NICHD's large databases
    ** FLN says its platform provides NICHD immediate access to
crowd of over 3 mln data scientists, of which over 350,000
reside in U.S. 
    ** Says this is second task order won by Freelancer under
the US$25 mln NASA Open Innovation Services 2 joint tender    
    ** Stock has fallen 1% this year, as of last close
    
  

 (Reporting by Vasudha Kaukuntla in Bengaluru)
 ((Vasudha.Kaukuntla@thomsonreuters.com))