3DO said $12.5 million of the Series A convertible preferred stock went to the institutional investor. The other $3.3 million went to the families of Hawkins and Michael Marks, the chairman and chief executive of contract manufacturer Flextronics International.
In a statement, Hawkins said the financing would help 3DO develop a number of game properties, and reaffirmed the company’s plan for a return to profitability by the end of its fiscal fourth quarter in March.