New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- A clutch of 20 investors, including Share India Securities, SKI Capital Services, Zerodha and Groww have committed to participating in the Rs.700 crore preferential offering by National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX), which aims to launch equities and equity derivatives trading on its platform within a year.

While Share India informed the stock exchanges about investing Rs.28 crore for 1.58% of the post-issue capital of NCDEX on Tuesday at Rs.197.34 apiece, SKI Capital Services' founder and managing director Narinder Wadhwa confirmed a commitment to "picking up stake" in India's largest agri derivatives exchange.

Based on Share India's investment, NCDEX is valued at Rs.1,770 crore on a post-issue capi...