UPDATED: Key members from Gowalla, Instagram teams leave Facebook

The co-founder of location app Gowalla, which Facebook acquired in 2011, as well as an Instagram designer are reportedly leaving Facebook, according to AllThingsD. Gowalla co-founder Josh Williams and Instagram designer Tim Van Damme will pursue other ventures, but the departures are not related, sources told AllThingsD.

When Facebook purchased Gowalla in 2011, Van Damme left the company to join Instagram prior to its acquisition by Facebook.

Van Damme posted on his personal blog Tuesday that he will join Dropbox:

But it’s time to move on, time to solve a different set of problems.

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