Founder & Managing Principal, Fox & Chester

Daniel J. Klapper

Counsel and capability for companies that are growing.

I help growth-stage companies put the right leaders in place, run the operations behind them, enter new markets, and raise capital, combining operator experience with legal training.

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Portrait of Daniel J. Klapper
  • Juris Doctor, Health Law Certificate
  • Admitted to the Minnesota Bar
  • Founder, Fox & Chester

I. About

Operator, advisor, and attorney

Daniel founded Fox & Chester to give founders and leadership teams senior support without a full-time hire. He works directly on the business: recruiting executives, embedding with teams, building the analysis behind expansion decisions, and preparing companies to raise.

Education
Juris Doctor with a Certificate in Health Law
Bar admission
Admitted to practice law in Minnesota
Firm
Founder & Managing Principal, Fox & Chester
Legal practice
Legal services provided through Langer Law Group
  • Capital

    Supported healthcare founders through pitch development and capital raises

  • Growth

    Built valuation and expansion analyses for owner-led manufacturers

  • Leadership

    Placed fractional executives and embedded operating teams with growth-stage companies

Affiliations

  • Pitt Big Idea Center
  • Springboard Enterprises
  • YPO
  • Japan America Society of Pennsylvania
  • Allegheny Conference

Advice should be specific and accountable. I work alongside the people who have to carry it out, and I measure success by what changes in the business.

II. Focus areas

How I can help

Each engagement starts with one specific result. These are the five I'm asked for most.

  1. The right leader, without a full-time search

    Fractional executive placement

    Bring in experienced finance, operations, and commercial leaders on a fractional basis, matched to your stage and budget.

  2. Operations that keep pace with growth

    Embedded team operations

    An embedded team that builds the processes, reporting, and accountability your company needs, then hands them to your people.

  3. A tested plan for a new market

    Market entry

    Sizing, partner mapping, and a go-to-market plan you can act on, for a new region, new country, or new customer segment.

  4. Ready to raise, and ready for diligence

    Capital advisory

    The narrative, model, deck, and data room investors expect, plus preparation for the questions they will ask.

  5. Legal support from the same team

    Legal, via Langer Law Group

    Legal counsel through Langer Law Group, coordinated with the rest of your engagement so legal work keeps pace with the business.

III. Results

Selected engagements

Client names are withheld for confidentiality.

Healthcare · Capital advisory

Repositioning a healthcare startup for its raise

Challenge
An early-stage healthcare company had a strong clinical story but a deck and financial model that weren't ready for investors.
Approach
Rebuilt the pitch narrative, aligned the financial model and data room with it, and prepared the team for investor questions and diligence.
Outcome
The team went into investor meetings with one consistent story across deck, model, and diligence materials.

Manufacturing · Valuation & expansion

Valuation and expansion analysis for a manufacturer

Challenge
An owner-led manufacturer was weighing a major expansion and needed a clear view of what the business was worth today and what the expansion would add.
Approach
Built a valuation and a scenario-based expansion model covering capacity, capital needs, and market demand, and presented the trade-offs to ownership.
Outcome
Ownership made the expansion decision with a defensible valuation and clear numbers on what each scenario would require.

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Prefer email? dklapper@foxchester.com