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Jenzabar gatecrashes Main Capital's £231m Tribal deal

A US campus-software group circles after the Dutch buyer sweetens terms.

M&A News deals deskTechnology · UK29 Sept 2026

Main Capital Partners increased its offer for the whole of Tribal Group's business to £231m on 27 September. Two days later Jenzabar said it was weighing a possible cash bid for Tribal at a modest premium to that price.

Tribal Group website: tribalgroup.com

Market context

Tribal's board had earlier rejected an approach from SilverTree Equity Partners, making this the third suitor for the UK education-software provider this year.