This is one specific investor therefore I'd caution making generalizations about "investors" in general. Accents - I presume you mean "if you speak with a foreign accent" and are alluding to PG's comments about accents. I'd read PG's clarification on the context of the comment. http://paulgraham.com/accents.html TLDR; it has more to do with the inability to understand what is being said.

That said, raising capital is challenging.