US-based online marketing company Salesforce.com and venture firm GGV Capital have invested in US-based cloud-computing company Appirio. Terms were undisclosed.

The strategic investment was made to allow Appirio expand internationally in Europe and Asia, and its expansion is planned to be both organic and through acquisition, Appirio said.

Maria Martinez, executive vice president of the customers for life unit of salesforce.com, said: "Appirio is one of our most innovative partners and has contributed to the success of some of our largest customers in both the US and Japan. Partners like Appirio understand what it takes to make the social…