Kleiner Perkins has been faulted for missing out on a new generation of unicorns, but it got to crow Thursday about one that it spotted early — Beyond Meat Inc.
Kleiner is the biggest investor in Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND), the Los Angeles-based meat substitute maker, holding a nearly 16 percent pre-IPO stake in the business.
Beyond Meat's stock more than doubled after the company priced its IPO at the high end of a range that it had already boosted. It closed at $65.75 on Thursday, 163 percent…