Daniel Büning.
“CONVERGENCE is the process of interaction between emerging technology & creative minds to envision & create previously unseen results (concepts, products, services business models).”
CEO & Co-Founder.
Daniel is the CEO and Co-Founder of nFrontier DEEP and nFrontier BEYOND. He is an award winning entrepreneur, Innovator, researcher, and university lecturer. His work oscillates between digital technology, innovation and culture.
His core idea in co-founding nFrontier was - the believe that impactful next level product innovations will be unleashed by the power of „Eight Essential Technologies“.
Daniels vision is fuled by his idea of “CONVERGENCE” a concept in which groundbreaking innovations are enabled by the creative intertwining of novel technologies & creative minds.
CIO BigRep NOWlab
Prior to nFrontier he worked 4 years at Bigrep an aspiring high-tech start-up from Berlin. In 2016 his studio NOWlab, which he co-founded in 2014 was acquired by Bigrep -with NOWlab |The BigRep Consultancy, a unique innovation and creative hub full of dynamics and synergies was created within the technology company which he lead as a managing director.
In his last Role as CIO he was overlooking the all the innovation activities of the company especially in the domain of foresight, research projects and strategic technology partnerships.
Beyond his innovation role he was majorly involved in all stages of the strategic planning and execution of the successful fundraising process that secured the raise of EUR 35 million in venture capital to date. The investors won include Körber AG, BASF, Klöckner & CO SE., and the Koehler Paper Group.
In November 2019, he was voted "Top 40 under 40" by the leading German business magazine Capital.
His work has been awarded numerous prizes and grants: SDV Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Fulbright Commission, FES Friedrich Ebert Foundation, MEXT grant from the Japanese government.
Daniel is also a fellow of the federal government's center of excellence for cultural and creative industries.
