December 7, 1999 4:49 AM

Net firms consider trade instead of cash

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which has funded such Internet successes as @Home, Excite, America Online and Healtheon, is nurturing a business-to-business barter firm, code-named Doublebill, according to sources familiar with the company. Doublebill and Kleiner Perkins did not return calls about the start-up.

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