# Brand Hoff

> Brand Hoff is a seed investor at Taggle Systems backing Social Media and Private Social Networking. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Taggle Systems](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taggle-systems)
- Location: Canberra, Australia
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2012
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/brand-hoff-05ab623a
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Hoff_Brand

Brand Hoff is a seed investor at Taggle Systems in Canberra focused on Social Media and Private Social Networking. Brand has had a long and successful career in ICT both in Government and Private Industry. Brand is a successful entrepreneur, company director and investor. He founded TOWER Software which was acquired by HP in May of 2008. Brand has a degree in Computer Studies from the University of Canberra, has served as a Councillor of the University ofCanberra and is now an Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra. Brand has served as a Director of NICTA, the Australian ICT Centre of Excellence, Taggle Systems, SNAPeWallet and MyTaggles Pty Ltds. Brand also served as Chairman of Canberra Business Council and a Councilor of the NSW Business Chamber. He has served as Chairman Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Canberra Division and as a Director on the National Board of AICD. He was awarded the 2011 National Pearcey Medal, for a lifetime contribution to Australian ICT and in 2012 he was inducted as a Member into the Order of Australia.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |
| Private Social Networking | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tapestry | Tapestry combines a simple, beautiful and private social network with a suite of mobile and tablet apps to help family members and aged care service providers look after the seniors in their care. For families, Tapestry is a simple and private social network that lets family members connect with each other and care for the seniors in theirlives. For aged care providers the Tapestry web site provides a way to create and manage the communities in their care.And for seniors, Tapestry provides the Tapestry Simplicity tablet app, which delivers all the services they need in way that’s simple, safe and easy to use. No matter how their family wants to connect with them, whether it’s Facebook, Google+, Email or something else, Tapestry handles everything for them, so they stay connected without needing to sign up for one service after another as technology keeps on changing. | $600K | Seed | Nov 13, 2012 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sydney Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sydney-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Taggle Systems

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Taggle Systems.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brand Hoff | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brand-hoff |

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## FAQ

### What does Brand Hoff invest in?

Brand Hoff invests primarily in Social Media and Private Social Networking startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brand Hoff last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brand Hoff closed in Nov 2012. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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